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NEXTDC GC1 Gold Coast

6 MWIT loadGC1 advertised proposed full facility IT capacity · 2026-10-09

GC1 Gold Coast Data Centre · GC1 Gold Coast

Planned

Planned NEXTDC data centre in Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The operator advertises 6 MW of IT capacity and 4,600 square metres of technical space. The August 2026 presentation retains design and town planning status, approximately 6 MW total planned power subject to development approval, and approximately 1 MW initial capacity. Property-level location and ownership remain unresolved.

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: NEXTDC
Ownership: Unknown / not established
Business model / scale: Unknown / Edge
Region / metro: Queensland / Unknown
City / locality: Gold Coast
Address: Unknown
Location: Operator establishes Southport locality only; no corroborated property coordinate or street address.
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
6 MW IT load	GC1 advertised proposed full facility IT capacity Planned · cumulative	2026-10-09	Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is retrieval date of an undated live facility page. Advertised design capacity, not commissioned capacity; exceeds 5 MW on a planned IT basis.
≈6 MW Unspecified power	GC1 total power planned Planned · cumulative	2026-08-27	Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is presentation date. Subject to development approval. The slide does not explicitly identify IT, facility or grid basis; overlaps the advertised 6 MW and must not be added to it.
≈1 MW Unspecified power	GC1 initial capacity Planned · incremental	2026-08-27	Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is presentation date. Initial subset of total planned capacity, not additional to 6 MW; power basis unspecified.
≈1.2 MW Unspecified power	GC1 historical initial capacity proposal Planned · incremental	2025-02-24	Reported claim ↗ Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is presentation date. Historical initial proposal differs from approximately 1 MW in February and August 2026 materials; reason for revision undisclosed. Not additive to full facility capacity.

Development timeline

2025-02-24 · announcement
Design and town planning reported
Half-year presentation identifies GC1 as a planned approximately 6 MW development with approximately 1.2 MW initial capacity.
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2026-02-25 · announcement
Initial capacity proposal approximately 1 MW
Half-year presentation retains design and town planning status and approximately 6 MW total planned power.
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2026-08-27 · announcement
Planning status retained in FY26 results
Full-year presentation continues to show design and town planning; no GC1 practical completion date is stated in its project entry.
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