Equinix Melbourne ME1
Equinix Melbourne ME1 is a colocation data center operated by Equinix at 578 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3207. It is in Melbourne, Australia.
By published floor area, it is 5th largest of the 6 buildings in Melbourne that publish a floor area figure; AirTrunk MEL2 Melbourne leads with 490,597 sq ft. Its building outline in OpenStreetMap covers about 9,482 m², 3rd largest of 14 mapped outlines in Melbourne. In Melbourne, Equinix runs 4 of the 34 listed facilities; by number of listings it ranks joint 2nd of 15 operators there. In the Melbourne market it has 4 of 57 listed facilities, 5th of 18 operators by number of listings. Equinix has 305 listed facilities, 19 of them in Australia; its other sites there are in Sydney (8), Perth (3), Adelaide (1), Brisbane (1) and 2 other cities.
11 other listed facilities are within 5 km; the closest are Equinix Melbourne ME2 (same site) and NEXTDC M1 Melbourne Data Centre (1.5 km). Operators with facilities within 5 km: Equinix (2), NEXTDC (2), Interactive (1) and Microsoft (1). This record combines 2 listings from Equinix website and OpenStreetMap. The sources also list it as “Melbourne ME1” (Equinix website) and “Equinix ME1” (OpenStreetMap).
- Operator
- Equinix
- Facility code
- ME1
- Address
- 578 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3207
- City
- Melbourne
- Market
- Melbourne
- Region
- VIC
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- -37.82321, 144.91551
- Location accuracy
- Geocoded from the street address
- Facility type
- Colocation
- Record level
- Building
- Published capacity
- 35,801 sq ft (3,326 m²) of floor area
- Building footprint
- 9,482 m² (mapped outline in OpenStreetMap)
- Website
- equinix.com/data-centers/asia-pacific-colocation/australia-colocation/
Facilities within 5 km
| Facility | Operator | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Equinix Melbourne ME2 | Equinix | 0.00 km |
| NEXTDC M1 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 1.47 km |
| Interactive 2 Data Centre | Interactive | 2.04 km |
| Epsilon Data Centre | not recorded | 3.13 km |
| TPG Data Centre, Melbourne | not recorded | 3.47 km |
| Equinix Melbourne ME5 | Equinix | 3.73 km |
| Securiton Data Centre | not recorded | 3.74 km |
| Datacom Data Centre, Melbourne | not recorded | 4.04 km |
| Powertel Data Centre, Melbourne | not recorded | 4.07 km |
| NEXTDC M3 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 4.91 km |
| Microsoft MEL04 | Microsoft | 4.98 km |
Other Equinix facilities
- Equinix Melbourne ME4Melbourne, Australia
- Equinix Canberra CA1Canberra, Australia
- Equinix Adelaide AE1Adelaide, Australia
- Equinix Sydney SY7Wollongong, Australia
- Equinix Sydney SY9xSydney, Australia
- Equinix Sydney SY6Sydney, Australia
Equinix: all 305 listed facilities
Sources for this record
| Source | Listed as | Link | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinix website | Melbourne ME1 | Operator page | 2026-09-28 |
| OpenStreetMap | Equinix ME1 | OpenStreetMap record | 2026-09-26 |
Source data retrieved 2026-09-28. How the data is compiled