Resources:CDC Brooklyn Campus

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General Information
Type Mega campus
Status Expanding
Address 598B Geelong Road, Brooklyn and 11A Mcdonald Rd, Brooklyn
Developer(s) CDC
Permit Pathway Unknown
Local Council Brimbank City Council
Build Details
Cost TBA
Area 73,786 m2
Power draw 150MW (projected 350MW)
Backup TBA
Community Opposition
Community groups


Summary

Customers

In October 2025, Firmus, a neo-cloud company, announced a partnership with CDC Data Centres and NVIDIA as part of their so-called "Project Southgate" [1]. In March, Firmus announced a multi-year deal with a "leading global technology company" for the deployment and use of 18,400 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs at CDC's Brooklyn campus [2]. On 27 August, Firmus announced that their "Brooklyn GB300 cluster has been installed, commissioned and handed over to run customer models" [3]. In a September 2026 press release, Firmus named the customer as Meta, who has agreed on further contracted capacity across Australia [4].

The CDC Brooklyn Campus


Power supply

A dedicated Jemena zone substation was constructed at 598 Geelong Road, Brooklyn to supply the campus, delivered between April and September 2023 by Global Rail Australia on behalf of Jemena/Zinfra. The substation was delivered to support 33MVA maximum demand initially, with an ultimate capacity of 99MVA [5].

Build stages

Stage 1 — Complete (July 2024)

Construction of the first facility at CDC's Brooklyn campus (BK1) began in May 2022 and concluded in July 2024. The power draw of BK1 is more than 150MW, encompasses 70,000m2 and cost $20 million. CDC contracted Total Constructions for construction and Green Civil Australia for civil works [6]. The BK1 project included the concurrent build of a new on-site electrical substation by Global Rail Australia on behalf of Jemena [7]. The substation project itself commenced in April 2023 and finished in September 2023.

Stage 2 — Complete (February 2026)

Construction of the second facility at CDC's Brooklyn campus (BK2) began in October 2024 and had a target completion of late 2025 [8]. On 26 February 2026, the Victorian Government and CDC announced the official opening of the Brooklyn campus. In the announcement, it was said that "two state-of-the-art facilities are up and running and planning is already underway for a third facility on the site." [9]

Stage 3 — Planned

As of February 2026, planning for an unnamed third facility was underway [10]. No further information has surfaced as of late-July 2026.