Beautiful Sydney green space to be replaced by giant AI data centre and logistics complex – and your internet habits are why it’s needed

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Beautiful Sydney green space to be replaced by giant AI data centre and logistics complex – and your internet habits are why it’s needed

Daily Mail · 2 hours ago

A 70-hectare stretch of vacant green space beside Sydney Airport is set to be redeveloped into a multi-billion-dollar complex anchored by a large AI data centre, as surging demand for the infrastructure behind services such as Google and ChatGPT drives Australia's data storage needs. The former Kogarah Golf Club site at Arncliffe will lose its green space to make way for logistics facilities, commercial offices, retail and hospitality venues, reflecting a wider global trend of internet and AI usage reshaping urban land use.

The project, expected to cost between $2.9 billion and $3.5 billion, will also include an 18-storey hotel and almost 1,600 car parking spaces alongside the data centre itself. The golf club, established in 1928, sold its 18.5-hectare parcel to developer John Boyd Properties in March 2025 for a reported sum exceeding $100 million (figure cut off in source).

  • Sydney golf course site to become AI data centre complex
  • Redevelopment costs estimated at $2.9-3.5 billion
  • Driven by rising internet and AI infrastructure demand

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