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a chart showing data centre growth in Australia

a screenshot of the IEA report showing share in demand growth

In Q1 2026, there are 11 data centres totalling 5.4 GW of maximum capacity load working through a transmission network connection (Figure 67). Of these: • 60% of the capacity is in New South Wales and 40% in Victoria. • Seven projects (4.1 GW) are currently in the application stage. • Four projects (1.3 GW) have already received application approval and are now in proponent implementation stage. AEMO is currently gathering comprehensive data regarding distribution connections, with the aim of publishing these in future. Given data centres fill up gradually, as customers and computing demand grow, the load for these data centres will ramp-up over a number of years. The outlook for all prospective data centre developments, which considers this ramp-up, is reported in the NEM Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) 39 . Figure 67 Data centre load connection applications submitted to AEMO Number and capacity of data centre load connection applications submitted to AEMO