Australia’s data centre build-out is being governed eight different ways. DII has built one coherent framework and applied it to every jurisdiction: a strategy paper and a governance framework per state and territory, all sitting on the same national toolkit, so councils, communities and governments everywhere can assess proposals to one standard.

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Your state or territory

Tasmania — Where the framework began: the Tasmanian strategy paper, governance framework and toolkit.

South Australia — Legislating first: assessment machinery ready for the forthcoming Data Centre and AI Infrastructure Act.

New South Wales — The centre of gravity: 44 projects, the largest connection queue and a $51.9 billion fast track.

Victoria — The most coordinated plan and the fastest approvals; what it needs next is a project-level standard.

Queensland — The next frontier and the blank page: a ready-made starting point for a state yet to publish a position.

Western Australia — Making isolation pay: Asia-facing cables and the only capacity market that can price flexibility.

Australian Capital Territory — The sovereign capital: the least moveable workloads in the country and a leasehold lever no state has.

Northern Territory — Frontier rules: firmed solar at scale, Asia on the doorstep and governance for what planning systems barely see.

The shared toolkit

Every edition frames the same four tools: the Data Centre Planning & Assessment Guide, the AI Public Benefit Agreement, the Planning & Sustainability Tool and the free Community Information library of more than 80 plain-English sheets.

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