Australian Colocation and Data Centre Market

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The Australia data center market is located in the region of Oceania and within Asia-Pacific (APAC). Australia has 273 facilities.

The top providers in Australia are Canberra Data Centres (CDC) (19 sites) and AirTrunk with 7 facilities . The most popular facilities are Equinix Sydney SY1 and SY2 and NEXTDC: M1 Melbourne .

Market Facts

Australia Data Center Map

Australia Power Growth Over Time

+74% since 2022
Operational
Construction
Planned
Prospective
In Doubt
Withdrawn
Currently Operational
across NN Request Dataset sites
Under Construction
NN Request Dataset sites currently building
Planned / Prospective
NN Request Dataset sites announced, but haven't started construction

Largest Providers in Australia

Canberra Data Centres (CDC)
Site
Power
Operational
16
494.0
Construction
3
Planned
10
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
19
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AirTrunk
Site
Power
Operational
4
435.0
Construction
3
Planned
4
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
0
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
7
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NEXTDC
Site
Power
Operational
17
301.15
Construction
6
Planned
8
Prospective Expansion
1
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
23
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Amazon AWS
Site
Power
Operational
13
242.3
Construction
2
Planned
0
Prospective Expansion
0
Land Bank
1
In Doubt
0
Withdrawn
0
Decommissioned
0
Totals
15
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Largest Data Centers in Australia

Location Total SqFt Gross SqFt Power (MW)
AirTrunk Sydney 376,737 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
AirTrunk: Melbourne MEL1 125,000 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
AirTrunk Sydney SYD2 481,815 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
NextDC: S3 Sydney 215,278 SqFt
NN Request Dataset
Airtrunk: MEL1 Bldg-2 122,570 SqFt
NN Request Dataset

Regions in Australia

Industry Events See all

Sep 7 - Sep 9

Data Center World Australia

Data Center World Australia is a three-day conference and expo organized by Informa, co-located with The AI Summit Australia. The inaugural edition runs September 7-9, 2026 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event brings together data center operators, facility managers, engin...
1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia
Sep 16 -

Data Center Investment Summit Australia 2026

Data Center Investment Summit Australia 2026 (DCIS Australia) is W.Media's capital-markets summit for Australia's digital infrastructure community, held September 16, 2026 at ICC Sydney. The summit is co-located with W.Media's Sydney Cloud & Datacenter Convention and targets investors, operat...
14 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

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