NextDC says its chief executive, Craig Scroggie, will forgo his short-term incentive and long-term incentive opportunities for fiscal 2027 after the company cuts its earnings guidance, citing a delay to a data centre project in Melbourne.

Outlet coverage links the decision to the revised outlook and the timing of the delayed development. The West Australian leads with the executive’s incentive forfeiture and frames it around the earnings guidance reduction and the Melbourne project delay. Investing.com and Channel NewsAsia present the same core development—Scroggie’s decision in response to forecast changes and project slippage—while foregrounding the impact on his upcoming bonus period and the company’s altered expectations for the year ahead.