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Honeman Close Data Centre

Facility in Huntingwood, NSW · Microsoft

The record

Status
Committed
approved or otherwise committed, but construction isn't confirmed
Capacity as stated
96 MW96 MW (register description)
Operator
Microsoft
Record type
Facility
one building or site
Location
Huntingwood, New South Wales
Show on the map (approximate)
Evidence grade
SOLID
a primary document or direct operator disclosure confirms it
Last checked
8 Oct 2026
NSW application
SSD-58601963
Source
NSW Planning Portal

On the NSW planning register

State significant development

Application
SSD-58601963
Current stage
Determination (register checked 2 Nov 2026)
Decision
Approved
Determination date
01/10/2026
Council
Blacktown
Register page
Honeman Close Data Centre

1022 days from exhibition to decision: longer than 18 of the 19 decided NSW data centre approvals.

decidedmedian 37801 yr2 yr3 yr
Each tick in the top row is one decided application; the line below is this one. Every approval, timed.

Dated milestones

  1. 22 May 2023SEARs requested (first document uploaded)Dated by document upload time
  2. 2 Jun 2023SEARs issued (first document uploaded)Dated by document upload time
  3. 9 Nov 2023EIS lodged (first document uploaded)Dated by document upload time
  4. 14 Dec 2023EIS exhibition startsDated by assessment report
  5. 14 Dec 2023Notice of exhibition publishedDated by document upload time
  6. 1 Feb 2024EIS exhibition closesDated by assessment report
  7. 21 Feb 2024Response to submissions lodged (first document uploaded)Dated by document upload time
  8. 20 Aug 2024Applicant's submissions report receivedDated by assessment report
  9. 1 Oct 2026Determined: ApprovedDated by page field
  10. 2 Oct 2026Determination documents first publishedDated by document upload time

Dated by the project page, the upload time the portal stamps on each document, the department's assessment report, or our own captures. How long approvals take.

Stage changes we've recorded

No stage change since our captures began on 8 October 2026.

NSW register data: NSW Major Projects register (State significant development, "Data Storage"), © State of New South Wales and Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, CC BY 4.0; captured weekly, parsed and compared by RegularsAI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. The NSW Government does not endorse RegularsAI.

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