Global engineering design consultancy Black and White Engineering, which specialises in mission-critical buildings and infrastructure, has opened its first permanent office in Melbourne, Australia, according to Construction Briefing, as part of a wider expansion programme targeting rising data centre demand across the Asia-Pacific region.

The Melbourne office will support project delivery across the Australian market and the broader APAC region, where the firm says capacity requirements, project timelines and technical complexity are continuing to intensify. Black and White Engineering expects its APAC headcount to grow by 165% between 2025 and 2026 as regional delivery capability scales.

Chief operating officer Stephen Tode said: "The region continues to see strong demand, and the focus is on supporting that growth while providing the right environment for our teams and maintaining consistent delivery for clients as we scale."

The Australian opening sits within a broader regional growth programme. In Malaysia, the business has established a presence in Johor Bahru to support live data centre projects and is developing a front-end engineering team in Kuala Lumpur, alongside continued expansion in Singapore.

Clive Smith, head of design management at Black and White Engineering APAC, said the Melbourne office was opened "to support growing demand across the APAC data centre market and to establish a presence in a location where there is a clear need for additional delivery capability."

Black and White Engineering operates across an international network of more than 1,000 employees, supporting data centre and critical building infrastructure delivery across key global markets.

Take a closer look at how Black and White Engineering is positioning itself across the Asia-Pacific data centre market in the full report.