The new suburb of Bradfield will switch on as a smart city from day one.
Bradfield is a new suburb and future city centre in South Western Sydney, located north of Bringelly and adjacent to the Western Sydney Airport site.
Named after Sydney Harbour Bridge engineer Dr John Bradfield, it will anchor the Aerotropolis Core and is planned as Australia’s first entirely new city in 100 years.
Bradfield’s digital backbone has been secured following a commercial infrastructure deal between Superloop, OneWiFi and the NSW Government, designed to deliver integrated telecommunications infrastructure for Australia’s first new city in over a century.
Under the agreement, Superloop will assume operational ownership of the first 18km of pit-and-pipe infrastructure constructed in the Bradfield City Centre, enabling wholesale fibre services to downstream retail providers. The open-access design will allow other ISPs to deliver connectivity, giving residents and businesses retail flexibility.
Superloop will also manage and operate an initial 101 Multi-Function Poles (MFPs) across the city. These smart poles will incorporate public Wi-Fi, CCTV, environmental monitoring sensors, public art display banners, and electric bicycle charging points.
The MFPs are part of an urban design approach that eliminates above-ground telecommunications cabinets, preserving streetscape aesthetics while embedding core services.
The city’s streets and parks will benefit from free public Wi-Fi, supporting mobility and digital inclusion.
Connectivity infrastructure is being integrated well ahead of major vertical development, including the first 4.8-hectare mixed-use Superlot. This Superlot will anchor the city centre and house residential, commercial, research, hospitality and education facilities.
The high-speed fibre network will offer scalable bandwidth capacity tailored for advanced industries, with a focus on high-reliability service and wholesale integration.
The deployment is part of the NSW Government’s broader $1.2 billion Bradfield City Centre investment, targeting the creation of 20,000 jobs and 10,000 new homes adjacent to the future Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport.
Environmental sensors embedded in the MFPs will support urban monitoring functions, including air quality, noise levels and microclimate data – key inputs for future adaptive infrastructure planning.
Proponents want to position Bradfield as a digitally enabled precinct for research, manufacturing and high-tech enterprise.
