Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back

Goodman Group, the property giant behind the Project Mars data centre, says the decision is due to changes to the "policy and regulatory environment".

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Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back

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Developer Goodman Group says changes in government rules are behind decision to pull plug on ‘Project Mars’ in Lane Cove Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Plans for a controversial $1.2bn datacentre in Lane Cove in Sydney’s north have been withdrawn, with the developer blaming “emerging” regulations from the state and federal governments for the decision to pull the plug. The “Project Mars…

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Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back

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Plan for controversial $1.2bn datacentre in Sydney scrapped due to ‘emerging’ regulations

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