Macquarie Data Centre finishes laying foundations for IC3 Super West facility

New South Wales treasurer Daniel Mookhey poured the final concrete to mark the occasion.

The final concrete has been poured at Macquarie Data Centre’s newest 47 megawatt facility, IC3 Super West, signifying the completion of the buildings external structure.

The NSW treasurer, Daniel Mookhey was a part of the celebratons helping pour the final concrete at the IC3 Super West location.

According to Macquarie Data Centre, IC3 Super West will be the only data centre to add new AI capacity to Sydney’s north zone in 2026.

With all the end-state power already secured, the facility is being purpose-built to meet the growing demands from Hyperscalers, Enterprise and Neoclouds for GPU and high-performance computing capacity in the Tier 1 hub.

The facility is part of Macquarie Data Centres’ 200MW development pipeline adding more AI and cloud capacity to the market.

IC3 Super West is the third facility to be built at the provider’s 65MW Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus in Sydney’s north zone and is designed to support a hybrid mix of air and liquid cooling for direct-to-chip, high-density AI and cloud workloads.

Phase 1 of the build is an approximately $350 million investment and will deliver the complete core and shell with 6MW IT load fitted out.

David Hirst, group executive at Macquarie Data Centres said IC3 Super West is the next data centre in their pipeline of sites planned to add circa 200MW of AI and cloud capacity in Sydney.

“Demand for high-density AI infrastructure is the most significant megatrend we’ve seen in over 25 years in the data centre industry. IC3 Super West, opening in Q3 2026, is purpose-built for the high-density power and liquid cooling demands of new AI technology,” he said.

“Sovereign data centres keep Australia competitive in the global market and are the foundation of our AI future.”

Hirst told CRN Australia how this new data centre will impact the channel.

“We’re making a significant investment into NSW’s digital economy and capabilities, creating a runway for Australia’s ICT partner community to provide valuable digital services to end user customers by leveraging our AI and cloud ready data centre,” he said.

NSW treasurer Mookhey said, “Companies like Macquarie Data Centres keep investing, keep expanding, and keep believing that NSW can be a global home for high-tech infrastructure. And it happens because the government has chosen to take planning and investment delivery seriously.

“In the years ahead, thousands of businesses will run smarter because this building exists. Research will accelerate because this building exists. AI capability will expand because this building exists. And NSW will be more competitive – globally competitive – because this building exists.”

The building is scheduled to open in September 2026.