Microsoft SYD01 Huntingwood (Honeman Close Data Centre)

Name: Microsoft SYD01 Huntingwood (Honeman Close Data Centre)
Address: AU

Permitted

Australia · 1 project · Last reported 2026-10-01

Summary

NSW granted State significant development consent SSD-58601963 on 1 October 2026 for Microsoft’s Honeman Close Data Centre at 6 Honeman Close, Huntingwood, which Microsoft calls SYD01 (Huntingwood). The approved data centre has a maximum power consumption of 140 MW and an IT consumption of 96 MW. A separate federal EPBC Act approval (EPBC 2025/10391) is still being sought and, according to the Department, is needed before the development can proceed. No construction is inferred. evidence

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · published 2026-10-01

Location

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Projects (1)

Honeman Close Data Centre — approved 140 MW Microsoft data centre

Permitted last observed as of 2026-10-01 · Development consent

The notice records that consent was granted on 1 October 2026, citing capital investment of $1,263,226,278 and up to 250 full-time-equivalent construction jobs. evidence

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · published 2026-10-01

The Department describes a 5.03 ha IN1 General Industrial site at 6 Honeman Close, Huntingwood, legally Lot 100 DP 1293137. The development has 140 MVA total power consumption, 96 MW IT consumption, 39,267 m2 GFA and a 43.25 m building height. Clearing and an access driveway had been completed under an earlier service-station consent. The applicant is seeking separate EPBC Act approval (EPBC 2025/10391), which the report says must be obtained before the development can proceed. evidence

NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · published 2026-10-01

The NSW cadastre returns Lot 100 DP1293137 for the planning portal point. This is the assessment report lot for 6 Honeman Close. The point lies inside the lot, 24 m from its boundary, and the lot polygon is about 50,300 m2, matching the 5.03 ha site. The consent schedule lot, Lot 5 DP 1238405, is not returned by the current cadastre and appears to be the superseded parcel identifier. evidence

NSW Spatial Services (NSW_Cadastre public map service) · publication date not stated

Microsoft describes a proposed new datacentre at Huntingwood in Western Sydney, assessed by NSW as the Honeman Close Data Centre State significant development. Its EPBC Act notice names the proposed action SYD01 (Huntingwood) Data Centre at 6 Honeman Close, Huntingwood (EPBC 2025/10391). Preliminary documentation was submitted on 13 August 2026, and public comment closed on 18 September 2026; federal assessment continues. evidence

Microsoft Datacentre (Australia) Pty Limited · published 2026-08-27

Companies

Operator: Microsoft (intended) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

NSW development consent SSD-58601963: Honeman Close Data Centre evidence row
NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · published 2026-10-01 · Government record

Locator

Project locator · Official source · official_planning_authority_named_project_point_inside_consented_lot evidence

Source checks

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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 26 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: -33.79998, 150.89604
Geometry licence: CC-BY-4.0
Use scope: Project locator
Scope class: official_planning_authority_named_project_point_inside_consented_lot
Authority: Official source
Source entity: Campus
Method: nsw_planning_portal_named_project_geojson_point_copied_without_transform_then_cadastral_containment_check
Derivation: direct_geometry
Precision scope: Department-published project point inside the 5.0 ha lot at 6 Honeman Close (Lot 100 DP1293137), near its southern edge. It is not a building footprint, entrance or surveyed boundary.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The planning portal publishes the project point without a stated collection method or horizontal accuracy; it is verified only to lie inside the consented lot.
Geometry evidence: 688a742e

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

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Evidence for Microsoft SYD01 Huntingwood (Honeman Close Data Centre)
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Microsoft: Huntingwood datacentre project overview (SYD01 Huntingwood) Archived copy	Microsoft Datacentre (Australia) Pty Limited Company disclosure	Site and project identity	2026-08-27	2026-10-16	all-rights-reserved	Microsoft	`59eb6c80b553e9421599f4c5e79831964644c3e9ad9aeba45f8db727b69ff6e0` Retained source material; see source provenance
NSW cadastre lot containing the Honeman Close Data Centre map point Archived copy	NSW Spatial Services (NSW_Cadastre public map service) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-16	no-open-license-asserted	NSW Spatial Services, Department of Customer Service	`2ef32d307cfc1406af454ff16c1c01586dec55df18b06004d1fe2da76063bd36` Retained source material; see source provenance
NSW Department assessment report SSD-58601963: Honeman Close Data Centre Archived copy	NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Government record	Site and project identity, Operator claim	2026-10-01	2026-10-16	CC-BY-4.0	© State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026	`fb2551041952a764d925bbd081db64150147c6d4562d59a35cc5114a7ff88c8e` Retained source material; see source provenance
NSW development consent SSD-58601963: Honeman Close Data Centre Archived copy	NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Government record	Development consent	2026-10-01	2026-10-16	CC-BY-4.0	© State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026	`c2d28b9756b03adaed02062255495893f9e355e2aec01d744c7b825f63173011` Retained source material; see source provenance
NSW notice of decision SSD-58601963: Honeman Close Data Centre Archived copy	NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Government record	Site and project identity	2026-10-01	2026-10-16	CC-BY-4.0	© State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026	`e587b958508c7c1de21d11cf9803cbc016dd945ae2df6fe986432596123a529d` Retained source material; see source provenance
NSW Planning Portal project record and named map point: Honeman Close Data Centre Archived copy	NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Government record	Geometry	not stated	2026-10-16	CC-BY-4.0	© State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure 2026	`050b36f4284bd5562f20788336d524cbfe31d64b4ab20ebf8130d1266c542cb0` Retained source material; see source provenance

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Microsoft SYD01 Huntingwood (Honeman Close Data Centre) [site vcc-site-d59b502f505d71569c10]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-d59b502f505d71569c10/

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