AdvertisementNationalNSWData centres These Sydney schools teach 1500 students. A $9b data centre is moving next door David Barwell August 6, 2026 — 11:30am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. But the scale of the proposal has intensified concerns among schools, residents, freight operators and government agencies about the cumulative impact of data centre developments across western Sydney, where a growing cluster of facilities has earned the region the nickname “data centre alley”. A concept image of the data centre campus at Kemps Creek. NSW Ports and the Australasian Railway Association have urged the government to reject the application, arguing the site is strategically important industrial land adjoining the planned Western Sydney Intermodal Terminal, Western Sydney Freight Line and near the new Western Sydney International Airport.