The GreenTech Hub is launching an Innovation Challenge to identify technologies that will set a new standard for sustainable compute infrastructure in regional WA, at scale, with genuine benefit to the communities that host it.

Regional WA sits at a rare convergence: world-class solar and wind resources, geopolitical stability, digital sovereignty, vast buildable land, and direct fibre connections to fast-growing Indo-Pacific markets.

The opportunity isn’t simply to attract data centres, it’s to build them differently. Next-generation facilities powered by 100% renewables, with net-positive water use, waste heat reused by local industries, and jobs and lasting economic value that stay in regional communities. Not infrastructure that extracts. Infrastructure that gives back.

This Challenge connects innovators with real industry problems, tests solutions in the WA context, and creates a pipeline of investment-ready opportunities for industry, government and communities alike. It is a practical launchpad for the sustainable infrastructure projects that will define regional WA’s digital and green economy future.

We are now inviting Expressions of Interest from individuals and organisations who are:

Developing solutions
Seeking solutions
Interested in collaborating and curating the innovation challenge

GreenTech Hub has been working closely with industry, government, researchers and regional stakeholders to map the biggest barriers and opportunities in sustainable data centre development in WA. Through this engagement, five priority use cases are ready to be validated and shaped by developers, customers, innovators and key stakeholders:

Potential Innovation Areas

The GreenTech Hub has identified the following key areas where innovation could accelerate the deployment of next-generation data centre infrastructure in WA:

Energy Integration

Innovations in microgrids, behind-the-meter renewable systems, long-duration storage, and flexible load management that enable data centres to operate with genuinely low-carbon energy profiles, rather than relying on fossil fuel backup.

Cooling and Water Use

Liquid cooling, seawater cooling in coastal locations, warm-water cooling systems, and waste heat recovery models that reduce water consumption, improve efficiency, and lower environmental impact in WA's specific climate context.

Shared and Enabling Infrastructure

Shared substation, cooling, water, fibre backhaul, and access infrastructure that improve project viability for multiple users, reduce duplication, and enable regional development at scale.

Heat Reuse and Regional Industry

Systems that turn data centre waste heat into a productive regional asset, supporting desalination, industrial processing, protected agriculture, aquaculture, or mineral processing.

Siting and Integrated Design

New planning, coordination, and design frameworks that bring together land planning, energy, cooling, connectivity, environmental considerations, and regional development objectives — particularly in emerging precincts such as the Mid-West.

Why participate?

Through this challenge, the GreenTech Hub, in partnership with industry and government, will:

Test solutions with real industry partners and real-world use cases

Provide access to validation, performance data, and expert feedback

Support the development of prototypes and pilot projects

Enable influence on standards, insurance, and compliance pathways

Facilitate connections with potential customers and early adopters

Strengthen commercial and deployment pathways in WA.

Who should submit an EOI?

We welcome interest from individuals and organisations across:

Energy utilities

Mining companies

Construction firms and contractors

Manufacturing and materials companies

Government agencies and regulators

Engineering and design consultancies

Research institutions and universities

Philanthropies and NGOs

Corporates with sustainability targets

Startups and SMEs.

How you may be involved

Participants in this initiative may be interested in:

Bringing forward challenges or real-world problems to be addressed

Contributing solutions, technologies, or expertise

Accessing emerging, validated, and de-risked solutions

Collaborating with industry, government, and innovators

Supporting the development and adoption of new materials and systems

Contributing to standards, policy, and deployment pathways

We welcome EOIs from individuals and organisations. The submission process is brief, and one of our team will be in contact shortly.

Please note that this EOI is not yet a call for solution submissions. The call for submissions will follow at a later stage. This phase is focused on curating the innovation challenge, and we would love your involvement in shaping it. For more information on this challenge, visit the GreenTech Hub website at www.greentechwa.com or email us at hello@greentechwa.com.

Contact the host of EOI: Green Compute at the Edge: Sustainable digital infrastructure from regional WA to the world