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Know when opposition is forming.
Before it becomes a campaign.

ClearPath is the AI-powered intelligence platform for infrastructure developers, identifying political, regulatory and community risk before projects are delayed, challenged or cancelled.

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$100B+
Infrastructure projects monitored
50,000+
Stakeholders tracked
1M+
Political & community signals analysed
24 / 7
AI risk monitoring
Built for

The teams delivering Australia's
data centre and energy build-out.

Data Centre Developers
Hyperscale & colocation campuses.
Renewable Developers
Solar, wind & firming projects.
Transmission Operators
Corridor & interconnector builds.
Infrastructure Funds
Portfolio-level political risk.
Property Developers
Large-scale residential, mixed-use & precinct projects.
Early warning

The campaign against your project started three months ago. Did you know?

Organised opposition mobilises long before it surfaces in council chambers or the press. By the time developers notice, months of momentum — and millions in capital — are already lost. ClearPath detects the signals early, so you can respond before they escalate.
Project Timeline · Hyperscale DCDelay +14 mo
Site selectionOn schedule
EIS preparationQ2 2025
EIS public exhibitionPetition surfaced · +2 wk
Planning determinationCouncil referral · +8 mo
Construction approvalJudicial review filed · +6 mo
CommissioningAt risk
Cost of delay
A$143M
Approval probability
62%
Political Opposition
MP statements, parliamentary motions, ministerial sentiment shifts.
Community Activism
Petitions, Facebook groups, town halls, coordinated submissions.
Planning Delays
Council briefings, EIS exhibition risk, conditions of approval.
Media Campaigns
Editorial line shifts, framing changes, investigative pieces.
Environmental Objections
NGO submissions, expert reports, regulator referrals.
Regulatory Challenges
Cross-agency referrals, audits, conditional approvals.
The platform

One platform. Complete project intelligence.

Every stream of evidence — parliamentary, regulatory, community, media — fused into a single calibrated risk surface and workflow.
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Geospatial Risk Surface
Data Centre● 76
Sydney West Data Centre
Value
$2.4B
Stage
EIS Exhibition
Sentiment
Concerned
Approval
62%
Early Warning Alerts● 1 CRITICAL
Community opposition likelihood rose 42% → 68%
Sydney West DC · petition velocity + new Facebook group.
this week
New Facebook group created
'Stop Data Centres Western Sydney' — 1,180 members / 72h.
2d
Local MP sentiment shift detected
Cr. Foster moved from neutral to concerned.
3d
Coordinated submission patterns
ACF + Lock the Gate co-filed regulatory submissions.
1d
Interactive Infrastructure Map
Geospatial risk surface across every active project.
Stakeholder Intelligence
Influence, sentiment and relationship graphs.
Political Monitoring
Hansard, council motions, ministerial sentiment.
Community Sentiment
Petitions, social, town halls, coordinated channels.
Risk Scoring
Calibrated forecasts across six risk dimensions.
AI Strategy Recommendations
Next-best actions with probability of success.
Portfolio Monitoring
Cross-asset signal aggregation for capital allocators.
Campaign Management
Engagement workflows, briefings and audit trail.
Stakeholder intelligence

Every stakeholder. Every signal. One source of truth.

Understand who matters, how they influence outcomes, and where risk is emerging — mapped continuously across every channel.
Federal MPs
State MPs
Councillors
Departments
Industry Associations
Community Groups
Environmental Orgs
Media
Project Developers
50K+
Stakeholders
180+
Sources
0.91
Avg confidence
Grassroots & social signal

The opposition campaign that forms before the headlines.

ClearPath auto-tracks petitions, community groups, coordinated submissions, town halls, private messaging networks and local press — surfacing organising velocity weeks before traditional media picks it up.
Grassroots & Social Activity
3 ESCALATING
Petition Signatures
4,287
+380/hr
Group Members
1,184
+62%/wk
Coordinated Submissions
612
+44/day
Town Hall Attendance
380
2nd forum scheduled
Net Sentiment
−0.41
from −0.18 (14d)
PetitionCRITICAL
12 min ago
Halt Sydney West Data Centre — Independent Water Audit Now
Western Sydney Conservation Alliance · Change.org
Reach4,287 signatures
+380/hr

Petition demanding an independent hydrological assessment before EIS determination. Signature velocity accelerated 4.2× after SMH front-page coverage. Now trending in Change.org's Australia top 10.

started 5 days ago
Facebook GroupHIGH
23 min ago
Stop Data Centres Western Sydney
Resident-led (3 admins) · Facebook
Reach1,184 members
+62%/wk

New group created 72 hours after EIS lodgement. Three admins previously coordinated the 2023 Marsden Park warehouse opposition. Pinned post calls for a coordinated submission flood on 14 June.

started 9 days ago
Town HallHIGH
2 days ago
Public Forum — Power & Water Impacts
Eastern Creek Residents Action Group · Blacktown Workers Club
Reach380 attendees · 1.1k livestream
Repeat scheduled

Independent MP attended and spoke against the project. Council CEO and developer were invited but did not attend — framing risk. Follow-up forum scheduled for 19 June with two state MPs confirmed.

started 11 days ago
Letter CampaignHIGH
1 hour ago
Coordinated DCCEEW Submissions — 'Compute Sprawl' Brief
ACF + Lock the Gate (joint) · DCCEEW Submissions Portal
Reach612 submissions lodged
+44/day

Template-driven submissions citing cumulative landscape and water impact across all Western Sydney hyperscale projects. ML deduplication shows 87% template variance — counts as authentic under DCCEEW review.

started 8 days ago
Reddit ThreadMEDIUM
8 min ago
r/sydney megathread: 'What's happening with the Eastern Creek data centre?'
Community-driven · Reddit (r/sydney, r/australia)
Reach2.4k upvotes · 718 comments
+18%/day

Top comment (1.1k upvotes) reframes the project as 'AI infrastructure paid for by suburban water bills.' Cross-posted to r/australia. Two journalists posting from verified accounts asking for sources.

started 3 days ago
WhatsApp NetworkMEDIUM
today
Eastern Creek Parents WhatsApp — coordinated councillor calls
Detected via proxies · WhatsApp (private)
ReachEst. 240 households
Surging

Council switchboard logged 73 calls citing identical talking points over 48 hours — indicative of an organised private channel. Pattern matches the 2024 Marsden Park playbook (same talking points → same outcome).

started 6 days ago
ProtestMEDIUM
4 hours ago
Planned rally — NSW Parliament steps
Coalition (WSCA + ECRAG + Greens NSW) · On-site, 22 June 11:00
ReachEst. 400–700 attendees
Building

Permitted gathering aligned with the parliamentary sitting week. Three Greens MLCs confirmed. ABC and SMH have early interest — high probability of evening news coverage.

Announced 2 days ago
Local PressMEDIUM
yesterday
Blacktown Advocate editorial line shifting
Blacktown Advocate (Newscorp local) · Print + digital
Reach32k weekly readership
3 critical pieces / 14d

Editorial framing moved from neutral ('jobs and investment') to skeptical ('at what cost'). Sentiment classifier dropped from +0.18 to −0.34 over 14 days. Predictive model: front-page critical piece within 7 days (P=0.71).

started 2 weeks ago

Three independent organising channels (petition · Facebook · WhatsApp) are now coordinating — coalition probability 0.84.

Velocity pattern matches Marsden Park 2024 (same admin overlap). Historical analog reached council vote in 19 days.

Pre-emptive Community Benefits announcement within 7 days reduces coalition crystallisation in 71% of analogs.

AI copilot

AI that tells you what to do next.

ClearPath doesn't just identify risk. It recommends actions, generates stakeholder engagement plans, and helps teams respond before issues escalate.
AI Copilot · Recommended actions
4 actions · ranked by impact
Action #1
CRITICAL
Meet with NSW Planning Minister
Recent concerns around electricity demand raised in Hansard.
P(success)
78%
Action #2
HIGH
Launch Community Benefits Campaign
Mitigates community risk in 84% of analogous projects.
P(success)
84%
Action #3
HIGH
Engage Local Business Leaders
Strong influence over council; credible counter-voice to residents group.
P(success)
71%
Action #4
MED
Prepare Environmental Briefing
Pre-empts 80% of formal objections in regulatory pattern matching.
P(success)
68%
Predictive intelligence

Predict delays before they happen.

Every project monitored strengthens the network. ClearPath learns which signals lead to delays, objections and project failure — and quantifies your exposure across 30, 90 and 180-day horizons.
AI Risk Assessment
30D90D180DConfidence 0.87
Political Risk
72/ 100
↗ Increasing
conf 0.91
Community Risk
84/ 100
↗ Increasing
conf 0.88
Media Risk
68/ 100
↗ Increasing
conf 0.82
Regulatory Risk
55/ 100
— Stable
conf 0.94
Environmental Risk
61/ 100
↗ Increasing
conf 0.86
Legal Risk
42/ 100
↘ Decreasing
conf 0.79
Approval probability — 90 day
62%
↘ −2.1pt
Delay exposure — portfolio
A$143M
↗ +11%
Coalition formation probability
0.84
↗ surging
Coverage

Built for the infrastructure investment supercycle.

Designed for the asset classes shaping the next two decades of national capacity — from sovereign compute to grid-scale storage.
Data Centres
Transmission
Renewable Energy
Battery Storage
Critical Minerals
Ports
Airports
Industrial Infrastructure
Workflow

From monitoring to action.

01
Detect
Monitor political, regulatory and community signals in real time across 180+ structured and unstructured sources.
02
Understand
Identify emerging risks, influential stakeholders and coalition formation before they reach visibility.
03
Respond
Execute AI-guided engagement strategies, generate briefings and brief leadership before opposition escalates.
Who uses it

Infrastructure intelligence for decision makers.

Developers
De-risk consenting on multi-billion projects.
Property Developers
Navigate community and council risk on major precincts.
Infrastructure Funds
Continuous portfolio-level political risk.
Private Equity
Due diligence and post-IC monitoring.
Super Funds
Portfolio-level infrastructure risk oversight.
Utilities
Transmission corridor and grid expansion.
Governments
Strategic project pipeline visibility.
Advisory Firms
Evidence-grade intelligence for clients.
Market context

The infrastructure supercycle meets its first real constraint.

$156B
in data centre projects blocked or stalled by community opposition in 2025 alone — 48 projects across the US. Cancellations quadrupled from 6 (2024) to 25 (2025). 20+ more killed in Q1 2026.
Fortune · 10a Labs Data Center Watch · Sightline Climate, 2026
$3T
cumulative global data centre investment required by 2030 — the largest peacetime infrastructure cycle in history.
JLL / Moody's, 2026
71%
of Americans oppose a data centre in their community — higher than nuclear (53%). Bipartisan. Opposition hardening.
Gallup, March 2026
188
organised opposition groups active across 40 US states. 66% of protested projects were blocked or delayed in Q2 2025 alone.
Data Center Watch, 2025
945 TWh
projected data centre electricity use by 2030 — equivalent to all of Japan. Double 2025 levels.
UN UNU-INWEH, June 2026
9.3T L
projected water use by 2030 — enough to meet global drinking water needs for 1.6 years. Already the No. 1 trigger for community opposition.
UN UNU-INWEH, June 2026
399 Mt
CO₂ projected emissions by 2030 — double current levels, equivalent to the UK's entire annual carbon output.
UN UNU-INWEH, June 2026
2–7×
increase in grid transmission build-out required this decade to connect new generation and data centre load — the binding constraint on the supercycle.
IEA World Energy Outlook, 2025
Australia — ground zero for the next wave
$51.9B
in data centre projects endorsed by the Australian Government for priority approvals — 15 projects as of March 2026.
US Studies Centre / IDA, 2026
44
projects in NSW's development pipeline alone, totalling 11.4 GW — nearly four Eraring coal stations.
Climate Council, 2026
$37B+
in Australian data centre investment tracked by Deloitte — up 60% in 12 months. Australia is now the 5th largest provider globally.
Deloitte Access Economics, 2025
“Inevitable”
Social backlash declared inevitable by a coalition of Australian climate groups, unions and renewable energy organisations.
Carbon Zero Initiative / ACF / WWF, 2026
$200B+
Australian superannuation capital allocated to infrastructure and real assets — increasingly exposed to political and community risk.
APRA / ASFA, 2025
Intelligence for the infrastructure supercycle

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ClearPath helps the world's most important infrastructure projects navigate political, regulatory and community risk.

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