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Amazon plans A$20bn for Australian data centres between 2025 and 2029

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Source: AmazonAlso reported by W.Media

Amazon announced on 14 June 2025 that it would spend A$20 billion between 2025 and 2029 to expand, operate and maintain its data centre infrastructure in Australia, including AWS sites in Sydney and Melbourne. It also said it would buy more than 170 MW from three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland built by European Energy. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and AWS chief executive Matt Garman were quoted in the release.

Why it matters

AI developers and public bodies in Australia gained more local cloud capacity.

When
14 Jun 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0140
Who
Amazon, AWS, European Energy; Anthony Albanese, Matt Garman

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Amazon and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextAustralia consults on mandatory rules for data centres over 30MW and frontier AI training

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WTA-N-2025-0140: “Amazon plans A$20bn for Australian data centres between 2025 and 2029.” wheresthe.ai, 14 Jun 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/au-amazon-a20bn-data-centres-2025-06/ (source: Amazon).

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