Apr 22, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Australian data center firm NextDC has broken ground on a new Edge facility near Melbourne. “It's begun! Work on NextDC's GE1 4.4MW data center in Geelong has commenceIn thid, bringing new capability to the region,” Adam Gardner, head of Edge at NextDC, said on Linkedin this week.
The 4.4MW facility is located in the Corio area of Geelong, around 75km west of Melbourne on the western side of Port Phillip Bay. It will offer 2,100 sqm (22,604 sq ft) of technical space and be built to Tier IV standards. The project is scheduled to go live in the second half of 2027. In its latest investor presentation, NextDC said GE1 will support “newly contracted cable landing requirements.”
NextDC said GE1 secured development approval in just 28 days and will support cable landing station operators and critical national network infrastructure providers.While best known for its larger developments in Australia’s major cities, the company is also building out a portfolio of smaller edge sites across the country.
NextDC announced SC1, a 1MW facility with capacity for 84 racks across 290 sqm (3,120 sq ft) in Maroochydore on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, in 2021. This was followed in 2023 by a 1.5MW prefabricated module delivered to Port Hedland in Western Australia, and in 2024 by the launch of a 1MW facility in Darwin in the Northern Territory.The company is targeting additional edge sites across Australia, including the 6MW SC2 on the Sunshine Coast (due online in H2 2027), the 6MW GC1 on the Gold Coast, the 6MW D2 in Darwin (due in H1 2027), and the 1MW N1 in Newman, Western Australia.