Goodman Withdraws Planning Application for 90 MW Project Mars Data Center Campus in Sydney

Goodman Group has withdrawn the development application for Project Mars, a planned 90 MW data center campus in Lane Cove, New South Wales. The application covered a site at 12 Mars Road and had entered the planning process in March 2025.

The company said its decision followed material changes in federal and regional policy and regulation for large data centers, as well as feedback considered through the planning assessment process, including local community views. The withdrawal notice was published on the New South Wales government planning assessment portal.

Project Mars was proposed as two two-storey buildings with a combined gross floor area of 18,830 square metres. The planned total-project investment was AUD 1.2 billion. Withdrawal of the application ends the current approval process; it does not indicate that the facility was built or commissioned, nor does it confirm that the project has been permanently cancelled.

For Sydney’s data center market, the action removes a proposed 90 MW campus from the current approvals pipeline, reducing certainty around future supply. It also suggests that evolving federal and regional requirements, together with local stakeholder concerns, could affect the timing and viability of large-campus developments.

Goodman continues to have other planned data center developments in Sydney, according to the source. These include projects described as 126 MW in Guildford West, 80 MW on the North Shore, 90 MW in Mascot and 135 MW in Macquarie Park. These capacities are planned projects and should not be treated as operational or commissioned capacity.