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Goodman Group had planned Project Mars, a 24-hour data centre development on Sydney's north shore, with planning beginning in March 2025. The project was valued at A$1.2 billion according to media reports.
Australian industrial property developer Goodman Group has withdrawn an application to develop a 24-hour data centre on Sydney’s north shore following public push back.
Goodman said it would not proceed with its Project Mars development application after considering evolving federal and state policy and community feedback. Policy and regulation around large artificial intelligence data centres had “evolved significantly” since planning began in March 2025, the company said in a statement.
The project was worth A$1.2 billion (US$842 million), according to the Australian Financial Review and other media outlets.

The US "The Takeout" reported that among the 11 most commonly stolen commodities in supermarkets, packaged meats (such as rib-eye steaks, bacon, and ground meat) ranked first because of their high price, small size, and resale value; followed by non-alcoholic beverages, cheese, razor blades, fresh fruits and vegetables, alcohol, personal cleaning products, baby milk powder, over-the-counter drugs, cosmetics, and coffee. Retailers are trying to use protective nets, safety boxes, AI monitoring, and locked displays to deal with these problems.

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited launched the "Exchange Square: Trading Scene Over Forty Years" photo exhibition at Exchange Square in Central, Hong Kong, to review the 40 years of development of Hong Kong's capital market. The launch ceremony of the exhibition was attended by Hong Kong Stock Exchange Chairman Tong Ka-shing and Chief Executive Officer Chan Yee-ting, as well as the Acting Financial Secretary of the SAR Government, Mr Wong Wai-lun, and other guests. The exhibition lasts for four weeks and displays precious photos, historical images and cultural relics through five themed exhibition areas, introducing the exchange's journey from the trading floor era to the global Internet market.

With Osmanthus as its core resource, Xianning, Hubei Province has built a complete industrial chain through tourism, primary processing and technological innovation and deep processing, with an annual output value of 1.4 billion yuan, realizing the transformation of ecological value into economic value, and driving rural consumption and regional development.

NIO and Geely announced the merger of their battery charging subsidiaries, with NIO acquiring a 10% stake in Geely’s independent business. This move is the latest consolidation trend in the context of overcapacity and declining domestic demand in China's automobile industry. The two parties plan to build 10,000 battery swap stations by 2030 and coordinate vehicle design standards.

Guangbutun Koi Park in Hongshan District, Wuhan City officially opened on September 28. As the first implementation project of Wuhan's "Koi Plan", it relies on the resources of surrounding universities to focus on new materials and artificial intelligence industries, and realizes industrial renewal by leasing old factory areas. 40 projects have already settled in, exploring an innovative ecological model of campus-park-community integration.

Huang Xing, director of the Sanya Municipal Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports Bureau, said that taking advantage of the Hainan Free Trade Port’s customs closure policy, Sanya will make efforts from three aspects: top-level design of cultural tourism, implementation of key business formats, and international market development to promote the transformation of cultural tourism consumption from traffic-driven to quality-led. From January to August this year, Sanya’s number of tourists increased by more than 8.4% year-on-year, and total expenditure increased by more than 10.6% year-on-year. The number of inbound tourists and their expenditure increased significantly. In order to achieve the goal of receiving more than 50 million tourists, with total tourism expenditure exceeding 160 billion yuan, and overseas tourists exceeding 2 million by 2030, Sanya will implement five major actions including the Year of Improving Tourism Service Quality, promote the construction of key projects such as the International Art and Literature Trading Center, and open two fifth-freedom rights routes. During the National Day, Sanya will also launch measures to treat guests with warm fans and innovative cultural tourism products.