RBA
- Data centre build-out lifts Australian GDP by up to 0.2 points, RBA staff estimate
An RBA staff note estimates data centre investment has grown around 10-fold in three years and added up to about 0.2 percentage points to annual GDP growth once imports are netted off. Industry trackers put the development pipeline at 31 GW (RenewMap) and forecast operational capacity of 3.9GW by 2030 (Data Centres Australia).