A data center development is being planned in Melbourne, Australia.

Via Dover1 SM2 Pty Ltd, DoverDC has filed an application with the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning for a data center development at 165 Williamsons Road in South Morang, on the northern outskirts of Melbourne.

According to DoverDC’s website, SM1B will be a three-story, 200MW building set on ~1.8 hectares of a ~8.7-hectare site.

The site is undeveloped land located adjacent to the South Morang Terminal Station (SMTS) and South Morang Substation.

DoverDC has another project planned less than a mile south of Williamsons Road at 525/535 McDonalds and 765 Plenty Roads, where the company aims to develop a three-storey, 120MW data center on ~one hectare of a ~3.5 hectare plot.

The SM1A project first secured a planning permit in September 2024. Construction is expected to begin in late 2026 or early 2027, and the first phase could launch in 2028/2029.

A petition with the Victorian parliament to stop the McDonalds/Plenty roads development has secured more than 4,600 signatures at the time of writing. The petition is sponsored by Aiv Puglielli, a politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Victorian Greens.

The Victorian Greens last week announced plans to introduce legislation to the Victorian parliament for an immediate moratorium on new data centers. The bill, however, was defeated in a vote.

DoverDC’s executive team also holds leadership positions at property services firm Legacy Project Management and LPM Land, architecture and design firm Ewert Leaf, and formerly at Macquarie Group.

ASX-listed real estate investment group owns a stake in the two projects, according to its most recent earnings presentation.

The city of Whittlesea, located close to where DoverDC is looking to develop, this month called for federal and state governments to “establish a robust regulatory and planning framework for data center development, amid growing concerns about potential impacts in the municipality.”