Gigawatt-scale off-grid data center campus proposed in Western Australia

Gingerah Energy has filed for the Meridien Renewable Energy Hub and Data Centre with Australia's EPBC portal, south of Broome. A 6.7GW energy hub (5.2GW solar, 1.5GW wind, 5GW batteries, 1.5GW gas firming) would power a 1GW data center campus, with a first 240MW IT load phase; construction could start in 2029 and full build-out is targeted for 2038.

• Energy hub: 5.2GW solar, 1.5GW wind, 5GW batteries, 1.5GW gas
• First data center phase: up to 240MW IT load over 2–3 years
• Construction could begin in 2029, full build-out by 2038
• 27,520-hectare site 100km south of Broome with closed-loop cooling