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Australia has 4 tracked bills on artificial intelligence and data centers: 4 enacted.
The atlas records 10 data-center facilities in Australia, and the 10 that report capacity total about 1,760 MW.
Australia is betting on voluntary standards over AI legislation, relying on its October 2025 Guidance for AI Adoption and a forthcoming AI Safety Institute. In March 2026 the federal government issued its first national expectations for data center developers, tying regulatory priority to clean energy and water sustainability. Privacy reform is rolling out in tranches, and the eSafety Commissioner runs one of the world's most active online-safety enforcement regimes.
4 bills with a published summary and a link to the primary source.
EnactedPrivacyUpdated
Australia's first substantive overhaul of the Privacy Act 1988 since 2012, introducing a statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy (effective June 2025), mandatory…
EnactedGovernanceUpdated
Released on 21 October 2025, this non-binding framework replaced the Voluntary AI Safety Standard, condensing ten guardrails into six responsible AI practices covering governance…
EnactedData CentersUpdated
Released on 23 March 2026 as part of the National AI Plan, these federal expectations set out five core requirements for new or expanded hyperscale and large-scale AI compute…
EnactedGovernanceUpdated
Announced 25 November 2025 with AUD 29.9 million in funding, the AI Safety Institute launched in early 2026 to monitor, evaluate and coordinate regulatory responses to frontier AI…
10 tracked sites; 10 report capacity.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Eastern Creek, New South Wales, AustraliaOperational80 MWEcoGPT research
CDC Data Centres
Eastern Creek, New South Wales, AustraliaOperational281 MWEcoGPT research
Microsoft / CDC Data Centres
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AustraliaOperational60 MWEcoGPT research
NextDC
West Footscray, Victoria, AustraliaOperational225 MWEcoGPT research
NextDC
Port Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaUnder construction150 MWEcoGPT research
CDC Data Centres
Marsden Park, New South Wales, AustraliaUnder construction504 MWEcoGPT research
AirTrunk (Blackstone)
Lane Cove West, New South Wales, AustraliaOperational150 MWEcoGPT research
Microsoft
Kemps Creek, New South Wales, AustraliaUnder construction100 MWEcoGPT research
Macquarie Data Centres
Macquarie Park, New South Wales, AustraliaUnder construction60 MWEcoGPT research
CDC Data Centres
Laverton North, Victoria, AustraliaUnder construction150 MWEcoGPT research
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