Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
Compute Sentinel asks where compute can actually be built
An infrastructure intelligence desk for testing whether proposed data-centre capacity can be powered, connected, cooled and delivered.
- For
- Compute developers, infrastructure financiers, operators and mayors
- Worth noticing
- The Lansdown sample covers 2,200 hectares but records no compute proponent and no announced deliverable megawatts.
Field notes
Compute Sentinel organizes infrastructure evidence around a distinction many project announcements blur: announced capacity is not necessarily energisable capacity. Its materials include a 2,200-hectare Lansdown sample, ten named Australian pads, and an operator ladder that keeps built, contracted and announced megawatts separate. The site also offers a failure file focused on missing connection offers and a northern Australia screen that treats cooling, cyclone exposure and fibre as explicit consequences rather than footnotes.
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