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PlanningTed TabetTue 22 Mar 22


MICROSOFT LODGES PLANS FOR $150M INNER-CITY DATA CENTRE



Microsoft is pursuing plans for a $150-million data centre on a large industrial
site along the West Gate Freeway at Yarraville in Melbourne’s inner west.

The development is planned for a 22,500sq m site at 20-28 Cawley Road, part of a
larger 130,000sq m site the technology giant purchased from Time and Place in
2021 for $90 million.

It will be across the river from the substantial 480ha urban renewal project at
Fisherman’s Bend.

The proposal, which includes approximately 5000sq m of data storage and plant
area, 1200sq m of ancillary office area and 400sq m of circulation area, is part
of a global rollout by the US software powerhouse.



The company indicated in early 2021 that it planned to build between 50 and 100
centres a year around the world.

The development, to be known as MEL4, would sit alongside a larger MEL5 data
centre, which is yet to be put forward to the City of Maribyrnong.

Documents for the proposal drawn up by engineering firm Dem went on display
earlier this month. Microsoft’s role is buried in the detail of those documents,
and the US player did not reply to requests for comment.

They show a two-storey data hall designed to run at a higher temperature than
typical, up to 35 degrees, while the water requirement could be about 50,000
cubic metres, mostly for cooling.

▲ Demand for hyperscale data centres, which support cloud computing and big data
storage, is surging due to surging technology and internet use. Image: Dem



Late last year, Microsoft unveiled similarly scaled plans for a $1.3-billion
data centre estate at Kemps Creek in Sydney’s west.

The 190-megawatt facility is being built at a large industrial estate being
developed by Frasers and local fund manager Altis Property Partners.

The Kemps Creek proposal, the company’s biggest commitment in Australia to date,
includes a pair of two-storey buildings covering close to 61,000 square metres. 

The emerging asset class is now recognised as the second most popular
alternative class in terms of investor intentions, narrowly behind real estate
debt, and ahead of healthcare and student living.

Data centres have been hot property for investors throughout the pandemic, as
the increasing dependence on cloud storage, which has facilitated the popularity
of digital subscriptions to services like content-streaming platform Netflix,
was pushed to its limits during nationwide lockdowns.

According to a recent report by CBRE, one third of Australian property investors
surveyed are actively looking to invest in data centres in 2022 compared just 2
per cent in 2018.

The tightly held market is currently controlled by a handful of big companies
either providing cloud services, such as Amazon, Google and IBM, or industry
specialists like Equinix or NextDC that build, lease and operate data centres.

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