Australia’s NEXTDC signs deal with OpenAI to build hyperscale AI campus and GPU supercluster in Sydney

Australian data center operator NEXTDC has signed a deal with OpenAI to co-develop and operate a hyperscale AI campus and GPU supercluster at its planned S7 site in Eastern Creek, Sydney. The project will make OpenAI an anchor tenant in what is expected to be the largest data center in the Southern Hemisphere, underscoring the escalating global race to secure AI compute capacity and positioning Australia as a significant regional hub for advanced AI workloads. ([reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australias-nextdc-signs-deal-with-openai-build-hyperscale-ai-campus-gpu-2025-12-04/))