AirTrunk
- AirTrunk lands A$4.25bn green loan from 32 lenders for Sydney SYD3 campus
AirTrunk has raised A$4.25 billion in green debt from 32 financial institutions to keep building SYD3 in Western Sydney, with completion targeted for mid-2028. Its committed debt now stands at about A$38.4 billion as rivals struggle with funding and grid delays.
- Blackstone scouts sites for Australian power platform to feed its data centres
Blackstone is weighing a move into renewable generation in Australia and has made small land and asset purchases, sources told NPM. Governments are drafting national data centre standards that could require big facilities to source their own power.
- Cessnock council objects to AirTrunk's $3.7 billion Kurri Kurri data centre
Cessnock City Council voted unanimously to object to AirTrunk's 550 MW data centre on the former Hydro Aluminium smelter site, while the NSW Government holds the planning decision and a new law lets the state charge data centres for grid upgrades.