Company looks to build next door to existing facility in Maroochydore.
Australian data center firm NextDC is developing a new facility in Queensland.
“Excited to share that NextDC is ready to start the development of SC2 — our second data center in Maroochydore,” NextDC CEO Craig Scroggie said on LinkedIn this week.” This next-generation facility will support the booming demand for digital infrastructure across the region."SC2 will be located alongside NextDC’s existing SC1 facility, which hosts the Sunshine Coast International Broadband Network cable landing station.
The two-story SC1, launched in 2021 and located at 44 Maud Street in Maroochydore, totals 1MW across 290 sqm (3,121 sq ft) and has capacity for around 80 racks.
According to a post from the Sunshine Coast Council’s head of investment, Alex Lever-Shaw, as well as Invest Sunshine Coast, plans have been submitted for approval to Economic Development Queensland for a five-story facility.
NextDC has applied to develop a 6MW facility known as SC2 on a 3,710 sqm (39,935 sq ft) plot at 10 South Sea Islander Way in Maroochydore. Timelines for development weren't shared.
The area was previously a golf course; the Sunshine Coast Council purchased the Horton Park Golf Club back in 2012 to redevelop it as part of the Maroochydore city center project.
Scroggie added that the company will be partnering with Google and Sunshine Coast Council to host the new Tabua trans-Pacific cable, linking Australia with the US.
Announced in October 2023 and named after a sacred Fijian whale’s tooth, Tabua will connect the United States and Australia to Fiji. The system will reportedly have 16 fiber pairs with a minimum design capacity of 17 Tbps each.
