Energy North · Australia
Project Ares, Murranji Station
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Murranji Station, NT · campus
- Facility type
- hyperscale
- Location evidence
- Location not mapped
- Research status
- Profile reviewed · 75% core-field coverage
Core-field coverage counts eight basic fields available in the Atlas. It is not an accuracy score or a measure of technical specification completeness. Individual evidence checks appear below.
Evidence by field
Evidence status applies to the named field and cited sources. “Not found” means those sources do not establish the fact; it does not establish absence.
- Identity Source checked
- Energy North Pty Ltd is the named proponent for the Murranji Station campus.Checked 2026-09-11 · Energy North ↗ · Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd ↗
- Coordinates Not found in checked sources
- A precise campus coordinate was not established in the primary sources reviewed. No city or estate centroid is presented as an exact site pin.Checked 2026-09-11 · Energy North ↗ · Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd ↗
- Capacity Source checked
- The signed decision specifies approximately 1 GW of IT capacity for one integrated campus. Generation, battery storage and the nested first phase are not additional IT capacity.Checked 2026-09-22 · National Environmental Protection Agency ↗
- Status Source checked
- EPBC 2026/10560 was determined to be a controlled action on 4 September 2026. Assessment and approval are required before it can proceed; this is not project approval.Checked 2026-09-22 · National Environmental Protection Agency ↗
- Workloads Source checked
- Developer positions the campus for AI, cloud and high-performance computing; no training/inference split is specified.Checked 2026-09-11 · Energy North ↗
- Contracts Not found in checked sources
- No named tenant, contracted IT allocation or GPU procurement quantity was identified.Checked 2026-09-11 · Energy North ↗ · Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd ↗
Capacity & development
Power for servers, GPUs, storage & networking (IT power) · Source as of 2026-09-04
Approximately 1 GW IT is the proposed full-campus design; Phase 1 of approximately 500 MW is nested within that total. The signed EPBC decision of 4 September 2026 identifies a controlled action requiring assessment and approval before the project can proceed. No final approval, FID or absolute delivery date is established.
Proposed or approved design capacity. Included in the planning inventory, not a dated delivery forecast or a claim of committed supply.
Government certification
Certification not verified
No verified certification scope has been assigned to this record. Unknown does not mean uncertified.
What certification covers →Scope and context
- One integrated hyperscale campus at Murranji Station in the Barkly Region, co-located with Project Sol. This is not an additional Firmus Southgate site.
- The full-build 1 GW IT is commissioned in two phases, approximately 500 MW then the balance. Those phases are components, not an extra 1 GW.
- The 3 GWp solar, 16 GWh BESS, up to 1,038 MW gas and long-term 5 GW-plus expansion potential are distinct measures and do not increase the accepted 1 GW planned IT claim.
- Major Project Status or an environmental referral does not constitute project approval. The developer schedules Phase 1 power 12-18 months after FID; no absolute commissioning year is established.
- Technical details reported by Data Center Map are shown separately from the Atlas's primary-source observations.
- The signed federal referral decision is dated 4 September 2026 and requires assessment and approval under the EPBC Act for listed threatened and migratory species. The portal’s rendered decision table and project-status fields remain incomplete; no missing UI status is inferred.
Compute, workloads & commercial commitments
Project Ares plans one 1 GW IT campus in two phases
Energy North and its EPBC referral both describe a full-build 1 GW IT campus at Murranji Station. The referral identifies approximately 500 MW for Phase 1 and the remainder for Phase 2.
- Proposed full-build campus IT capacity
- 1,000 MW IT full build, no absolute date
- Phase 1 within the 1 GW total
- ≈ 500 MW IT first commissioning phase, no absolute date
- Evidence scope
- Named facility · Energy North
- Evidence as-of date
- Applicable date not stated
How to read this: The phases are components of the 1 GW campus and are never added on top. It is proposed capacity subject to approvals, funding and FID; the 12-18 month interval after FID does not establish a calendar opening year.
Inspect 2 sources
- Project Ares: hyperscale data centre and renewable energy ↗
Energy North · checked 2026-09-11
Top facts: IT capacity, Development stage and Target Phase 1 Power; Technical Configuration and Project Status
- Project Ares: EPBC referral project description ↗
Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd · checked 2026-09-11
Summary: Project description, first two paragraphs and principal components list; reference f4f8aae0-956b-f111-ab0b-000d3aca9bcb
Project Ares has a separate proposed generation and storage system
The campus proposal includes off-grid solar generation, battery storage and gas generation. These energy assets support the IT load but are separate electrical and energy measures.
- Solar generation nameplate
- ≈ 3,000 MWp full-build proposal
- Battery storage energy
- ≈ 16 GWh full-build proposal
- Gas generation for firming and backup
- ≤ 1,038 MW full-build proposal
- Evidence scope
- Named facility · Energy North
- Evidence as-of date
- Applicable date not stated
How to read this: MWp generation and GWh stored energy are not MW IT. Do not sum these measures into data centre capacity or present them as currently installed.
Inspect 2 sources
- Project Ares: hyperscale data centre and renewable energy ↗
Energy North · checked 2026-09-11
Top facts: IT capacity, Development stage and Target Phase 1 Power; Technical Configuration and Project Status
- Project Ares: EPBC referral project description ↗
Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd · checked 2026-09-11
Summary: Project description, first two paragraphs and principal components list; reference f4f8aae0-956b-f111-ab0b-000d3aca9bcb
Evidence trail
- Project Ares: hyperscale data centre and renewable energy ↗
Energy North · checked 2026-09-11
Top facts: IT capacity, Development stage and Target Phase 1 Power; Technical Configuration and Project Status
- Project Ares: EPBC referral project description ↗
Australian Government EPBC Public Portal, proponent Energy North Pty Ltd · checked 2026-09-11
Summary: Project description, first two paragraphs and principal components list; reference f4f8aae0-956b-f111-ab0b-000d3aca9bcb
- Project Ares: directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 18223; overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- Project Ares: notification of referral decision, controlled action (EPBC 2026/10560) ↗
National Environmental Protection Agency · checked 2026-09-22 · published 2026-09-04
Single-page signed decision: Proposed Action, controlled-action status and date of decision