The big moment in Australia’s AI boom is here. The numbers are wild

The big moment in Australia’s AI boom is here. The numbers are wild

By James Thomson
Publication Date: 2026-05-06 05:22:00

Greg Boorer has just signed the biggest data center deal in Australia’s history, but he insists he won’t be celebrating.

On Monday, the long-time chief executive of Canberra-based data center giant CDC signed a 555-megawatt deal with an unnamed US hyperscaler, after six months of what Boorer describes as day-and-night negotiations.

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