Operational

Southgate Melbourne

Firmus · Melbourne, Australia

Southgate Melbourne is a operational data center project in Melbourne, Australia. This record brings together its location, estimated IT capacity, construction timeline, water-disclosure gaps and original sources.

Epoch AI · Checked 2026-09-15 · Owner confidence: confident

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Estimated operating IT capacity

41 MW

Source observation: 2026-08-09

Site water use

Not yet verified

No site-level value published in this atlas

Local water stress

Not yet assessed

Regional context has not been added

How to interpret this record. Epoch reports the site as operational; individual buildings may still be under construction. Capacity is an estimate of IT power, not metered electricity consumption. Sources were collected by Epoch AI; inclusion is not independent verification by our team.

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I am seeking publicly shareable information about water use at Southgate Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. Could you please share the following for this specific project?

1. The latest annual water withdrawal and water consumption, with units and reporting period. Please distinguish measured use from projections, and site totals from cooling-only figures.
2. Water sources (drinking water, reclaimed/industrial water, rainwater or seawater), cooling method, and any seasonal or peak-day demand figures.
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Project timeline

Source notes reproduced from Epoch AI. Future projections are excluded. Status may have changed since the latest observation.

2026-08-09
Building 1 is operational (estimate). No additional chip deployment beyond the 18,400 GB300 GPUs has been publicly confirmed, so we continue to report the disclosed capacity allocated to Project Southgate, rather than speculate on further buildout.
2026-05-11
Building 1's cooling capacity increased to 53 air-cooled chillers (20 fans each), up from 30 in Oct 2025. This is more than enough for the announced 18,400 GB300 GPUs, but construction does not quite look complete, so we expect another 3 months until it's operational.
2025-10-28
Satellite imagery shows 30 fully installed air-cooled chillers (20 fans each) on the roof, with room for many more. In the same month, Firmus reported that Project Southgate's "first stages are under construction in Tasmania and Melbourne". So we don't think the Southgate part of the building is operational yet.
2022-12-26
Building 1 site is cleared/vacant land; no construction visible yet (based on Google Earth historical imagery).

Location

Melbourne, Australia — street address not verified

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Frequently asked questions about Southgate Melbourne

Where is Southgate Melbourne?

Southgate Melbourne is listed in Melbourne, Australia. A street address has not been verified for this record.

How much power does Southgate Melbourne use?

The latest source-backed estimate in this atlas is 41 MW of operating IT capacity, observed for 2026-08-09. This is an estimate of computing capacity, not metered annual electricity consumption.

How much water does Southgate Melbourne use?

No verified site-level water withdrawal or consumption figure has been added to this atlas. A missing figure means the value is not verified here, not that the project uses no water.