Canberra is the nation’s sovereign compute capital. Sovereign AI is driving the next wave of growth in a compact territory, and the leasehold system offers a benefit-securing lever no state can copy.

The ACT framework

The ACT & the Data Centre Opportunity — Strategy & Framework Paper. Written for the ACT’s own statutes, energy system and market position.

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ACT AI Infrastructure Governance Framework — Governance Framework. The institutional architecture above the toolkit, mapped to the Territory’s own bodies and instruments.

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Tools that work anywhere

The papers sit on DII’s national toolkit, which any jurisdiction can use: the AI Public Benefit Agreement, the Data Centre Planning & Assessment Guide and the free Community Information library of more than 80 plain-English sheets.

Part of DII’s State & Territory Frameworks library. Working on digital infrastructure in the ACT? We’re glad to hear from you.