Bringing Data to the Power
Our Vision
Energy Estate Digital is an energy-first digital infrastructure platform established by Energy Estate. Energy Estate is an energy and infrastructure development company focussed on the transformation of the energy sector and designing and delivering precincts and ecosystems.
By “bringing data to the power”, Energy Estate Digital will diversify the options for the global AI industry and reduce the pressure on available land, power, and water resources in the traditional hubs.
Energy Estate Digital is developing state-of-the-art subsea data cable networks. These networks are designed to support the growth of the AI economy and connect major global hubs with regions which have the abundant energy and water supplies needed to meet rapidly expanding demand. Cable landing points are located in regions that can support the development of large-scale energy and infrastructure precincts.
These precincts will attract new data centre campuses and other energy-intensive industries such as manufacturing, renewable fuels, electrification of transport, and green materials. Each precinct is designed to be powered by renewable energy and storage projects developed by Energy Estate and/or our global partners.
Our Development Principles
Energy Estate Digital’s Development Principles for data centres and digital infrastructure underpin our development strategy and methodology, are grounded in experience and take a comprehensive and holistic approach to achieving impact, whilst providing appropriate guardrails and aligning with national and global sustainability frameworks.
Partner with, and create legacy benefits for, First Nations / Māori
Create place‑based outcomes that strengthen communities and advance digital equity
Enable regional prosperity and economic development
Use smart, holistic siting principles
Strengthen the energy system, not just connect to it
Use and manage water responsibility
Embed nature-positive management in delivery
Embed circular economy and resource‑efficient design
Deliver secure and dignified work
Prioritise local participation and procurement
Lead through innovation, action and track record
Operate transparently with sound governance
Regional Energy and Infrastructure Precincts
Energy Estate Digital is developing a network of regional energy and infrastructure precincts – leveraging the existing infrastructure and harnessing the best available resources in each region.
It’s a shift from thinking about energy and infrastructure projects in isolation, to thinking about whole ecosystems – where energy, infrastructure, industry and communities grow and thrive together. The precincts will support the AI economy by hosting large-scale data centers and other energy-intensive industries such as manufacturing, renewable fuels, and green metals
An initial focus on California, Australia and New Zealand
The San Luis Industrial Complex is strategically located in the Central Valley (NorCal) with proximity to Silicon Valley, and access to robust electricity transmission and other enabling infrastructure.
The Hunter precinct, supported by the CaliNewy cable, demonstrates how new renewable energy generation and storage, existing transmission infrastructure and industrial capability can be combined at scale and diversify location options for constrained existing digital hubs
New hubs in North and Central Queensland leverage existing infrastructure and will harness the world-class renewable energy resources in these regions and are enabled by the CaliQueen cable.
The CaliKiwi cable enables access to a network of regional energy and infrastructure precincts throughout New Zealand, leveraging the existing infrastructure and harnessing the best available resources in each area.
The CaliKiwi, CaliNewy and CaliQueen landing points and precincts are aligned with Australian and New Zealand government policy to encourage the development of regional economies and diversify data centre locations away from existing metro nodes.
Each of the precincts can be powered by renewable energy and storage projects developed by Energy Estate’s renewable energy platforms, such as Green Belt Energy in Australia and Kākāriki Renewables in New Zealand.
Energy Estate Digital is developing new sub-sea data cables to connect global energy and infrastructure precincts in
strategically located regions with direct access to
renewable energy, 24/7 power solutions, water,
and other enabling infrastructure.
California-Australia-New Zealand Cables
Our first cables - CaliQueen, CaliNewy, and CaliKiwi - will connect our San Luis Industrial Complex in the Central Valley region of Northern California (NorCal) with large-scale clean industrial precincts in Australia and New Zealand. The landing points for new subsea data cables will connect New Zealand with key global markets including US, Japan and Australia.
The next stage will include new connections to North Asia to diversify the options for data centre owners and operators in those markets and enhance regional digital security and resilience.
Australia and New Zealand have untapped large-scale renewable energy resources in the regions that support the development of GW-scale data centre hubs.
IndoMaris
IndoMaris is a new cable system that will connect India with the resource-rich regions of Oman and Australia. Future expansion will include connections to South East Asia hubs from Indian Ocean landing points
IndoMaris is designed to give India access to world-class and diversified renewable energy resources in Oman and other regions of Australia.
The landing points for IndoMaris include existing industrial hubs such as Duqm in Oman and Portland and Burnie in Australia, and major new clean energy hubs in Geraldton, Eucia, and the Eyre Peninsula.
IndoMaris is aligned with Australian Federal and State Government support for investment in renewable energy and existing and new energy-intensive industries, such as data centers, manufacturing, and large-scale production of renewable fuels. Landing points in Geraldton and the Eyre Peninsula will also complement the development of green steel and metal projects.
The development of the IndoMaris cable is being accelerated through partnerships with renewable energy and green fuels developers with an established presence in Oman and the various regions in Australia.
Pan-Atlantic Star
Pan-Atlantic Star is an exciting new state-of-the-art subsea data cable system that connects the four surrounding continents. Pan-Atlantic Star is designed to efficiently and reliably connect key digital hubs like Dublin with abundant and diversified renewable energy resources in countries such as Portugal, Algeria, Brazil, Canada, and Iceland
The cable will support the development of large-scale energy and infrastructure precincts in new locations with access to GW-scale renewable energy resources. The landing ports in locations like Landeyjar (Iceland), Sines (Portugal), and Fortaleza (Brazil) build upon the existing cable connections and investment in data center campuses. Pan-Atlantic Star will catalyse investment in new hubs such as Arzew in Algeria, TanTan in Morocco, and Nova Scotia and New Foundland in Canada. Future phases of the cable will connect key hubs on the East Coast of the USA and other European Markets.
Bringing the data to the power will diversify the options for hyperscalers and data center operators and take pressure off Europe’s finite power and resources. The abundant clean energy resources available across the different regions where the cable will land include solar, onshore and offshore wind, hydro, and geothermal.
Energy Estate Digital has a team based in Europe with decades of experience developing subsea infrastructure, renewable energy projects, and clean industrial hubs and partnerships in North Africa, Brazil, and Canada with energy and infrastructure project and precinct developers.
Our Site Selection Criteria for Energy and Infrastructure Precincts
Land: Availability and cost of suitable land
Consenting: Likelihood of obtaining planning consents on a timely basis, zoning status.
Grid: Existing or future electricity transmission and/or distribution capacity
Renewables: Proximity to high-quality “additional” renewable energy resources
24/7 Energy: Access to 24/7 power solutions
Connectivity: Latency/proximity to landing points or other fibre networks
Water: Robust water resources and infrastructure
Regional Readiness: Potential for other industries to complement data centre development
Trust: Gaining the trust of local communities and First Nations
Workforce: Access to skilled workforce for construction and operations
Project Impact Framework and Development Principles
Energy Estate’s Project Impact Framework and Development Principles draw upon our team’s decades of experience of designing and delivering large scale energy and infrastructure projects globally. This framework and the principles underpin our development strategy and methodology and are utilised across all projects and sectors we work in.
Our framework takes a comprehensive and holistic approach to achieving impact and is aligned with national and global sustainability frameworks, including the Infrastructure Sustainability Council framework, UN Sustainable Development Goals, The Energy Charter #BetterTogether initiative and the Equator Principles.
We have tailored a specific framework and development principles for Energy Estate Digital which will be applied to projects such as energy and infrastructure precincts, data centres, new subsea data cable networks and the enabling infrastructure required to deliver these projects.
The development principles for data centres and digital infrastructure draw upon practical lessons, industry feedback and the guidance and expectations from Federal/National, State and local governments, First Nations/iwi, NGOs, interest groups and communities. They are designed to provide appropriate guardrails for everyone - from developers and generators, to customers and communities.
Targeted Outcome
Our goal is to develop data centres and AI infrastructure that is energy-first and community‑backed and acts as a catalyst and enabler for enduring regional economic development. We are committed to delivering energy security and resilience and digital equity.