We originate powered land, structure the capital stack, and de-risk Australian hyperscale data centre projects from site identification through to operating partnership. We do not produce reports. Every engagement ends in a decision and a path to execute it.
The founder story
Gary Cakir operates across the UAE-Australia corridor. His background spans property development, capital structuring, and technology venture building — across two jurisdictions that most infrastructure advisors treat as separate markets. In practice, they are not separate. Australian compute projects need capital. UAE capital needs credible Australian compute assets. The constraint is access to operators who understand both sides of that transaction.
Continode was established in 2026 specifically to work that corridor. The founding thesis is that the UAE-AU bilateral investment framework created by the CEPA has outrun the advisory infrastructure designed to navigate it. Most established AU data centre advisors are not organised for UAE-sourced institutional capital. Most UAE capital allocators do not have an Australian infrastructure origination channel. Continode sits in that gap, founder-direct.
The practice is early stage. The positioning is built on Gary's genuine track record in cross-border capital structuring, his active UAE relationships, and the specific sites and connection pathways he is developing in Queensland. It is not built on a fabricated advisory history. Buyers in this market do due diligence — any positioning that cannot survive that process is a liability before it is an asset.
What we specifically are not
Not a generic data centre builder
We do not hold contractors, manage M&E execution, or take responsibility for construction delivery. We identify, structure, and de-risk the site — a design-and-construct firm closes it out.
Not a hyperscaler reseller
We do not sell access to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Hyperscalers are the tenant counterparty we structure sites to attract, not a product we distribute.
Not a real estate developer dressed in tech clothes
Land without power is an industrial property play. Power without land tenure is a connection application with nowhere to go. We work both sides of that problem simultaneously, from day one.
How the platform is built
Australian ground knowledge
The four inputs that determine hyperscale viability — power, water, fibre, and land — are not equally constrained across Australia. Queensland's transmission headroom looks different from Western Sydney's. South Australia's renewable mix changes the power procurement argument. Continode works these site-specific questions from the network operator connection data, not from a standardised site checklist.
GCC capital corridor
The UAE-Australia CEPA entered into force in 2024. It is the first free trade agreement Australia has signed with a Gulf state, and it includes an investment chapter that reduces FIRB screening thresholds for UAE-sourced capital into Australian assets. UAE sovereign funds, infrastructure allocators, and family offices are actively seeking long-duration, AUD-denominated infrastructure positions. Gary Cakir's UAE relationships predate the CEPA and operate at the private investment level — family offices and sovereign-adjacent vehicles in the AUD 50M–250M mandate range — not through fund intermediaries. That access is direct.
Founder-direct engagement
Every Continode engagement is led by Gary Cakir. There is no managed layer between the client and the person with the capital relationships, the site relationships, and the decision framework. For counterparties doing due diligence on an advisory firm before entering a sensitive infrastructure conversation, that is a structural feature, not a size limitation.
Where we operate
Continode is headquartered in Australia with active site work in Queensland. Project activity spans New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia at various stages of screening. UAE capital engagement is conducted from within Gary's existing UAE network — no permanent GCC office at this stage.
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