A Sydney Data Centre Plan Is Scrapped, and the Company Blames the Rules

Goodman Group, the property giant behind the Project Mars data centre, says the decision to abandon the Sydney plan comes down to changes to the 'policy and regulatory environment'. That is the company's stated reason, and it points at rules rather than demand, land or construction. Whatever the fuller story turns out to be, the public explanation is notable in itself: when a large computing facility is withdrawn, the first thing the developer reaches for is the regulatory climate.