Canberra | CDC Data Centres ↗
Published Date unavailable · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Identifies Beard as CDC's fourth Canberra-region campus, intended to house BE1, currently described as under construction, with total capacity of 39 MW.
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CDC Beard Campus
39 MWUnspecified powerBeard Campus as described by CDC's page, housing BE1 · 2026-10-09
Beard Campus
OperationalPlanned
CDC's fourth Canberra-region campus comprises the initial BE1 facility and a planned Beard 2 expansion. Investor reporting confirms inaugural campus operations, while the undated operator location page still describes construction and 39 MW total capacity. The separate Beard 2 proposal discloses 84 MW; these figures are not reconciled or summed.
Last researched 2026-10-09Last verified Not independently verifiedPublished revision 1
No approved site photo yet. Photos and their source dates are published after evidence review.
Site profile
- Operator
- CDC Data Centres
- Ownership
- Unknown / not established
- Business model / scale
- Unknown / Unknown
- Region / metro
- Australian Capital Territory / Canberra
- City / locality
- Beard
- Address
- Block 25 Section 11, Beard, ACT
- Location
- Property identified by cadastral address and Tantalum Street/Copper Close access; no corroborated geographic point established.
Precision: unknown - Parent
- Not assigned
Capacity evidence
Statements retain their dates, definitions and development scope. Do not add these rows together.
| Claim / measurement | Scope and status | As of | Evidence and accounting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 MW Unspecified power | Beard Campus as described by CDC's page, housing BE1 Under Construction · cumulative | 2026-10-09 | Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is retrieval date of an undated page, not measurement or commissioning date. Page still describes construction despite investor reporting of inaugural operations. Basis is undisclosed; exceeds 5 MW as a reported development capacity. |
| 84 MW Unspecified power | Stage 2 / Beard 2, 12 data halls Planned · incremental | 2026-05-13 | Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is signed environmental opinion date. Separate expansion capacity; opinion does not explicitly identify IT load versus facility or grid power. Backup generation is separate and not added. |
Development timeline
- 2026-02-20 · announcement
Inaugural Beard operations reported
Infratil reported inaugural operations in its discussion of the 31 December 2025 valuation; exact commissioning date is not disclosed.
Supporting source ↗ - 2026-05-13 · actual
Conditional environmental significance opinion issued for Beard 2
Opinion finds the proposal unlikely to cause significant adverse environmental impact subject to conditions; it is not evidence of construction commencement.
Supporting source ↗ - 2026-09-30 · announcement
Conditional Beard 2 development approval reported
Industry reporting states conditional approval for the second campus stage; operational commencement is not established.
Supporting source ↗
Disclosed specifications
Campus land area
47,644 sqmReported area of Block 25 Section 11; no independent cadastral measurement performed.
Source ↗BE1 building
10 data halls; 15,347.76 sqm gross floor areaIndustry reporting describes the existing first building; distinct from Beard 2.
Source ↗Beard 2 building
Three storeys; 12 data halls; 29,924 sqm gross floor areaPlanned second-stage building.
Source ↗Future substation
Approximately 3,830 sqmProposed area, not a disclosed grid connection rating.
Source ↗Beard 2 backup generators
Combined capacity up to 20 MWEmergency generation only; excluded from data-centre capacity claims.
Source ↗Cooling and energy approach
Closed-loop cooling; 100% renewable electricity by defaultReported CDC approach; no site-specific metered efficiency, water use or energy matching independently established.
Source ↗Sources and references
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Proposed Data Centre Stage 1 – BE1: Civil engineering cover and locality plan ↗
Published 2023-04-20 · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Development approval drawing identifies Canberra Data Centres as client and BE1 at Block 25 Section 11 Beard, ACT; date is the drawing revision date.
Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2) ↗
Published 2026-05-13 · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Signed opinion identifies Stage 2 at Block 25 Section 11 Beard: three storeys, 12 data halls, 84 MW total capacity, backup generators up to 20 MW and a future substation.
Infratil Newsletter – February 2026 ↗
Published 2026-02-20 · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Reports inaugural operations at Beard and Marsden Park and Brooklyn's second facility in discussion of the 31 December 2025 valuation. Its combined 196 MW increase is not Beard-specific.
CDC wins approval for AU$203.5m Beard 2 data centre in Canberra ↗
Published 2026-09-30 · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Reports conditional development approval, locates Beard 2 at 23 Tantalum Street on Block 25 Section 11, and describes separate BE1 and Beard 2 building areas.
New $200 million data centre proposed for Beard fits Territory standards on power and water ↗
Published 2026-09-09 · Retrieved 2026-10-09
Describes completed BE1 beside proposed Beard 2 on a 47,644 sqm parcel; attributes campus rendering to EJE Architecture and reports CDC's cooling and renewable-electricity approach.
Profile field evidence
Name: Canberra | CDC Data Centres
Aliases: Canberra | CDC Data Centres
Kind: Canberra | CDC Data Centres; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2)
Country: Canberra | CDC Data Centres; New $200 million data centre proposed for Beard fits Territory standards on power and water
Region: Proposed Data Centre Stage 1 – BE1: Civil engineering cover and locality plan; New $200 million data centre proposed for Beard fits Territory standards on power and water
City: Proposed Data Centre Stage 1 – BE1: Civil engineering cover and locality plan; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2)
Metro: Canberra | CDC Data Centres; Infratil Newsletter – February 2026
Address: Proposed Data Centre Stage 1 – BE1: Civil engineering cover and locality plan; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2)
Operator: Canberra | CDC Data Centres; New $200 million data centre proposed for Beard fits Territory standards on power and water
Statuses: Infratil Newsletter – February 2026; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2); CDC wins approval for AU$203.5m Beard 2 data centre in Canberra
Summary: Canberra | CDC Data Centres; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2); Infratil Newsletter – February 2026
Location: Proposed Data Centre Stage 1 – BE1: Civil engineering cover and locality plan; Environmental Significance Opinion – Proposed Data Centre Development (Beard 2)
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