One of Australia\u2019s biggest data centre proposals to date is set to cover 610 hectares of land, and will need four substations, three sheds to house its racks, and two 330 kilovolt (kV) power lines to hook into the grid and enough diesel capacity to keep the operations going for at least four days should the grid go down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first planning documents filed with the federal government\u2019s EPBC process reveals that it will store 500 kilolitres (kL) of diesel on site \u2014 enough to fill 20 per cent of an Olympic sized pool \u2014 as well as 3,000 litre \u201cday storage tanks\u201d beside each generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These will provide 96 hours of backup for Iren\u2019s 800 megawatt (MW) draw on the grid for its Bundey data centre complex, should the grid go down. The 800 MW power needs is equivalent to 550 MW of IT load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n