How many data centers are in Australia?

There are 66 tracked data center facilities in Australia, operated by 12 different operators.

What is the total data center capacity in Australia?

The total tracked power capacity across data centers in Australia is 5508 MW.

Which cities in Australia have the most data centers?

The top cities in Australia by data center count are: Sydney (45), Melbourne (12), Brisbane (3).

Data Centers in Australia

66 facilities across 6 cities

Total Facilities

Total Operators

5508 MW

Total Capacity

1.43

Average PUE

530

Poor

Carbon (gCO2/kWh)

IXP Count

Country Intelligence Brief

Australia hosts 66 data center facilities operated by 12 organizations across 6 cities. The country's data center infrastructure is concentrated in Sydney (45 facilities), followed by Melbourne (12 facilities). With a grid carbon intensity of 530 gCO2/kWh, Australia ranks as challenging for sustainable cloud deployment. The country is served by 2 Internet Exchange Points with 250 connected networks.

Infrastructure Density Map

Top 6 cities by facility count

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Perth

Canberra

Adelaide

Facility Type Distribution

43Colocation

23Hyperscale

Competitive Landscape

Operators ranked by facility presence in Australia.

Operator	Market Position	Facilities	Facility Types	Cities	Total Capacity	Avg PUE	Certifications
NEXTDC	Leader	17	Colocation	Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney	1179 MW	1.35Good	ISO 14001ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2Uptime Tier III
AirTrunk	Major	8	Hyperscale	Melbourne, Sydney	471 MW	1.41Average	ISO 14001ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
NTT	Major	8	Colocation	Sydney	396 MW	1.55Average	HIPAAISO 14001ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Equinix	Major	5	Colocation	Melbourne, Sydney	425 MW	1.52Average	ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Digital Realty	Major	5	Colocation	Melbourne, Sydney	387 MW	1.40Average	ISO 14001ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Amazon Web Services	Major	5	Hyperscale	Sydney	642 MW	1.39Good	ISO 27001SOC 2
Google Cloud	Major	4	Hyperscale	Sydney	420 MW	1.37Good	HIPAAISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Microsoft Azure	Major	4	Hyperscale	Sydney	519 MW	1.41Average	HIPAAISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Global Switch	Major	3	Colocation	Sydney	248 MW	1.64Poor	ISO 27001SOC 2Uptime Tier III
OVHcloud	Major	3	Colocation	Sydney	373 MW	1.32Good	ISO 27001PCI DSSSOC 2
Oracle Cloud	Present	2	Hyperscale	Sydney	196 MW	1.54Average	ISO 27001SOC 2
Leaseweb	Present	2	Colocation	Sydney	250 MW	1.40Good	SOC 2

Sustainability

Carbon Intensity

530gCO2/kWh

Poor

Energy Mix

Renewable25%

Nuclear0%

Fossil75%

Green Score

45.6/ 100

Based on avg PUE and grid carbon intensity

vs Global Average

+62%

203 gCO2/kWh above global avg (327)

Internet Exchange Points

View all IXPs

Name	City	Participants	Peak Traffic	Avg Traffic
MegaPort IX Sydney	Sydney	150	500 Gbps	350 Gbps
IX Australia Melbourne	Melbourne	100	400 Gbps	280 Gbps

Connectivity Score

Total IXP Capacity

900 Gbps

Sum of peak traffic across all IXPs

Avg Participants / IXP

125

Average connected networks per exchange

Connectivity Rating

Good

Based on 2 IXPs in country

Total Networks

250

Connected participants across all IXPs

Nearest IXPs from Sydney

MegaPort IX SydneySydney

150 participants<1 km

IX Australia MelbourneMelbourne

100 participants713 km

Cities

City	Facilities	Operators	Total Capacity
Sydney	45	12	3974 MW
Melbourne	12	4	918 MW
Brisbane	3	1	235 MW
Perth	2	1	144 MW
Canberra	2	1	143 MW
Adelaide	2	1	94 MW

Related GPU Cloud Providers

Cloud providers with data center facilities in Australia.

Equinix

5 facilities in Australia

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Digital Realty

5 facilities in Australia

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NTT

8 facilities in Australia

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OVHcloud

3 facilities in Australia

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AirTrunk MEL1

Verified

AirTrunk·Melbourne, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

40 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.28

ISO 27001SOC 2

AirTrunk Melbourne

Verified

AirTrunk·Melbourne, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

30.8 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.15

SOC 2

AirTrunk Melbourne 2

AirTrunk·Melbourne, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

23 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.74

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

AirTrunk Melbourne 3

Verified

AirTrunk·Melbourne, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

146.5 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.33

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

AirTrunk SYD1

Verified

AirTrunk·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

50 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.30

ISO 27001SOC 2

AirTrunk Sydney

Verified

AirTrunk·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

102.9 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.23

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

AirTrunk Sydney 2

AirTrunk·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

23 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.49

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

AirTrunk Sydney 3

Verified

AirTrunk·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

55 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.75

SOC 2ISO 27001

Amazon Web Services Sydney

Verified

Amazon Web Services·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

148.6 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.70

SOC 2

Amazon Web Services Sydney 2

Verified

Amazon Web Services·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

192.4 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.11

SOC 2ISO 27001

Amazon Web Services Sydney 3

Amazon Web Services·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

177.5 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.44

SOC 2

Amazon Web Services Sydney 4

Verified

Amazon Web Services·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

123.3 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.49

SOC 2

AWS AP-Southeast-2 (Sydney)

Verified

Amazon Web Services·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

N/A

Tier

N/A

PUE

1.22

SOC 2ISO 27001

Azure Australia East

Verified

Microsoft Azure·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

N/A

Tier

N/A

PUE

1.20

SOC 2ISO 27001

Digital Realty Melbourne

Digital Realty·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

88.2 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.83

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

Digital Realty Melbourne 2

Verified

Digital Realty·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

131.6 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.26

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

Digital Realty SYD1

Verified

Digital Realty·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

14 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.40

SOC 2ISO 27001

Digital Realty Sydney

Digital Realty·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

75.5 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.15

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

Digital Realty Sydney 2

Verified

Digital Realty·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

78.1 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.37

SOC 2

Equinix Melbourne

Verified

Equinix·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

147.2 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.63

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Equinix Melbourne 2

Equinix·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

64 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.27

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Equinix SY4

Verified

Equinix·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

12 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.42

SOC 2ISO 27001

Equinix Sydney

Verified

Equinix·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

81.8 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.77

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Equinix Sydney 2

Verified

Equinix·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

120.3 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.51

SOC 2ISO 27001

GCP australia-southeast1

Verified

Google Cloud·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

N/A

Tier

N/A

PUE

1.12

SOC 2ISO 27001

Global Switch Sydney

Verified

Global Switch·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

20 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.40

ISO 27001Uptime Tier III

Global Switch Sydney

Verified

Global Switch·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

77.4 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.74

SOC 2

Global Switch Sydney 2

Verified

Global Switch·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

150.5 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.78

SOC 2

Google Cloud Sydney

Verified

Google Cloud·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

49.2 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.29

SOC 2ISO 27001

Google Cloud Sydney 2

Google Cloud·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

182.8 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.55

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Google Cloud Sydney 3

Verified

Google Cloud·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

188.4 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.52

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA

Leaseweb Sydney

Verified

Leaseweb·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

92.4 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.27

SOC 2

Leaseweb Sydney 2

Verified

Leaseweb·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

157.8 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.53

SOC 2

Microsoft Azure Sydney

Microsoft Azure·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

177 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.44

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Microsoft Azure Sydney 2

Verified

Microsoft Azure·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

162.4 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.45

SOC 2ISO 27001

Microsoft Azure Sydney 3

Verified

Microsoft Azure·Sydney, Australia

Type

hyperscale

Capacity

179.7 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.56

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA

NEXTDC Adelaide

Verified

NEXTDC·Adelaide, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

17.5 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.22

SOC 2

NEXTDC Adelaide 2

Verified

NEXTDC·Adelaide, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

76.5 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.22

SOC 2

NEXTDC Brisbane

NEXTDC·Brisbane, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

68.9 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.49

SOC 2

NEXTDC Brisbane 2

NEXTDC·Brisbane, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

116.1 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.40

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC Brisbane 3

Verified

NEXTDC·Brisbane, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

49.6 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.17

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

NEXTDC Canberra

Verified

NEXTDC·Canberra, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

95.7 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.49

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSISO 14001

NEXTDC Canberra 2

Verified

NEXTDC·Canberra, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

47.6 MW

Tier

Tier 4

PUE

1.41

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC M2 Melbourne

Verified

NEXTDC·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

18 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.32

ISO 27001Uptime Tier III

NEXTDC Melbourne

NEXTDC·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

83.5 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.29

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC Melbourne 2

Verified

NEXTDC·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

99.4 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.35

SOC 2

NEXTDC Melbourne 3

NEXTDC·Melbourne, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

45.6 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.29

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC Perth

Verified

NEXTDC·Perth, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

49.7 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.26

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC Perth 2

Verified

NEXTDC·Perth, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

94.5 MW

Tier

Tier 2

PUE

1.79

SOC 2ISO 27001

NEXTDC S2 Sydney

Verified

NEXTDC·Sydney, Australia

Type

colocation

Capacity

20 MW

Tier

Tier 3

PUE

1.35

ISO 27001Uptime Tier III

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Deployment Recommendation

Best City for Deployment

Sydney

Highest facility density (45 facilities)

Greenest Option

Amazon Web Services Sydney 2

PUE 1.11 in Sydney

Most Connected

Sydney

Nearest average distance to IXPs

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Sustainability Data

PUE and carbon intensity for Australia

IXPs & Connectivity

Internet Exchange Points in Australia

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