Data centers in the Melbourne market
The Melbourne market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 45 km of Melbourne: 57 data centers in 8 towns and cities, led by Melbourne (34), Port Melbourne (3), Noble Park North (2) and West Footscray (2). That is 27% of the listings in Australia, the 2nd largest of 2 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are NEXTDC (6), STACK Infrastructure (6) and AirTrunk (5), out of 18 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 30% of them; 10 of the 18 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 361 MW of IT load across 3 buildings and 10 MW of utility power across 1 building; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 9 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (6 Tier III and 3 Tier IV). Tier IV: MEL1 Data Centre, M2 Melbourne and M3, Building A, Data Hall A1, Day 1. Listings not yet in operation: 1 planned and 1 under construction. Among them: NEXTDC M4 Melbourne Data Centre and EdgeConneX Melbourne, Australia.
About the Melbourne market
The directory lists 57 data centers in the Melbourne market, 26th among the 64 markets it covers and 27 percent of all listings in Australia. They are run by 18 operators in 8 towns and cities. Melbourne itself holds 34 of them, 60 percent of the market, followed by Port Melbourne with 3 and Noble Park North and West Footscray with 2 each.
NEXTDC and STACK Infrastructure have the most listings, 6 each, followed by AirTrunk and Microsoft with 5 each and Equinix with 4. Colocation sites account for 28 of the records and hyperscale sites for 6.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. Only 3 buildings publish an IT load, all of them NEXTDC's: M3 in West Footscray at 225 MW, M2 in Tullamarine at 120 MW and M1 in Port Melbourne at 16 MW. The one building with a published utility supply is Digital Realty MEL11 at 10 MW. By floor area, AirTrunk MEL2 is the largest listed building, at about 491,000 square feet, ahead of NEXTDC M3 and AirTrunk MEL1.
9 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 3 of them at Tier IV, including NEXTDC's M2. EdgeConneX's Melbourne site is under construction, and NEXTDC M4 is planned.
Towns and cities
Melbourne (34) · Port Melbourne (3) · Noble Park North (2) · West Footscray (2) · Carrum Downs (1) · Kilsyth (1) · Melton (1) · Tullamarine (1)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| NEXTDC | 6 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 6 |
| AirTrunk | 5 |
| Microsoft | 5 |
| Equinix | 4 |
| Amazon Web Services | 3 |
| Fujitsu Australia Pty Ltd. | 3 |
| Digital Realty | 2 |
| ANZ | 1 |
| CDC | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Interactive | 1 |
| Metronode Pty Limited | 1 |
| Micron 21 Pty Ltd | 1 |
| Oracle | 1 |
| Telstra | 1 |
| Vantage | 1 |
| VicTrack | 1 |
Largest data centers in the Melbourne market by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| NEXTDC M3 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 225 |
| NEXTDC M2 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 120 |
| NEXTDC M1 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 16 |
Top 10 of 3 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in the Melbourne market
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| EdgeConneX Melbourne, Australia | EdgeConneX | Under construction | not recorded |
| NEXTDC M4 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | Planned | not recorded |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| AirTrunk MEL2 Melbourne | AirTrunk | 490,597 |
| NEXTDC M3 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 441,320 |
| AirTrunk MEL1 Melbourne | AirTrunk | 344,445 |
| NEXTDC M2 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 269,098 |
| Digital Realty MEL11 | Digital Realty | 93,500 |
| Equinix Melbourne ME2 | Equinix | 87,963 |
| NEXTDC M1 Melbourne Data Centre | NEXTDC | 64,583 |
| Equinix Melbourne ME1 | Equinix | 35,801 |
| Equinix Melbourne ME5 | Equinix | 33,911 |
Other markets in Australia
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