Australia Plant Machinery Capex Surges 11.5% in Q3

Private new capital expenditure on equipment, plant, and machinery in Australia expanded by 11.5% quarter-on-quarter in the three months to September 2025, accelerating sharply from an upwardly revised 0.7% increase in the previous quarter. The rise was largely driven by non-mining industries, which recorded a 13.0% jump, while spending on mining equipment and machinery grew 4.5%. ‘Investment in data centres reached new highs, driving the strong rise in equipment and machinery capex for the information media and telecommunications industry, which went up 91.5%," said Tom Lay, Head of Business Statistics at the ABS. On an annual basis, spending on equipment, plant, and machinery climbed by 9.9% in the year to September, following a revised 0.1% rise in Q2.