Can residents really get an AI data center scrapped? Sydney just did—believe it or not.
Stockland had planned to build a A$3.5 billion logistics park on a former golf course, with an AI data center tucked inside. But of 665 public submissions, 593 opposed it and only 3 supported it.
The developer simply removed the data center from the revised plan, leaving only the logistics park. Sydney has blocked more than one this year; one in Lane Cove was also withdrawn.
Stockland had planned to build a A$3.5 billion logistics park on a former golf course, with an AI data center tucked inside. But of 665 public submissions, 593 opposed it and only 3 supported it.
The developer simply removed the data center from the revised plan, leaving only the logistics park. Sydney has blocked more than one this year; one in Lane Cove was also withdrawn.