Data centers in the Sydney market
The Sydney market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 50 km of Sydney: 74 data centers in 8 towns and cities, led by Sydney (51), North Sydney (9), Macquarie Park (5) and Artarmon (3). That is 34% of the listings in Australia, the largest of 2 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are NEXTDC (9), Equinix (8) and Amazon Web Services (5), out of 24 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 30% of them; 13 of the 24 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 126 MW of IT load across 3 buildings and 40 MW of utility power across 2 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 10 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (8 Tier III and 2 Tier IV). Tier IV: NEXTDC S2 Sydney Data Centre and S3, Phase 1. Listings not yet in operation: 3 planned and 1 under construction. Among them: NEXTDC S7 Sydney Data Centre, NEXTDC S4 Sydney Data Centre, NEXTDC S5 Sydney Data Centre and EdgeConneX Sydney, Australia.
About the Sydney market
The directory lists 74 data centers in the Sydney market, 17th of the 64 markets it covers and 34 percent of all listings in Australia. 51 are recorded in Sydney itself, 69 percent of the market, followed by North Sydney with 9, Macquarie Park with 5 and Artarmon with 3.
NEXTDC has the most listings here, 9, followed by Equinix with 8, AirTrunk and Amazon Web Services with 5 each, and Canberra Data Centres and Digital Realty with 4 each. 24 operators are listed in all. Colocation sites make up 44 of the records.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. 3 buildings publish an IT load, all NEXTDC's: S3 in Artarmon at 80 MW, S2 in Macquarie Park at 30 MW and S1 at 16 MW. 2 publish a utility supply, led by Digital Realty SYD11 at 30 MW. By floor area, AirTrunk's SYD3 Sydney West is the largest listed building, at about 753,000 square feet, ahead of its SYD1 at about 377,000 and SYD2 at about 312,000.
NEXTDC has 3 facilities planned, S4, S5 and S7, and EdgeConneX's Sydney site is under construction. 10 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 8 at Tier III and 2 at Tier IV, one of them NEXTDC's S2.
Towns and cities
Sydney (51) · North Sydney (9) · Macquarie Park (5) · Artarmon (3) · Eastern Creek (1) · Horsley Park (1) · Pemulwuy (1) · St Peters (1)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| NEXTDC | 9 |
| Equinix | 8 |
| AirTrunk | 5 |
| Amazon Web Services | 5 |
| Canberra Data Centres | 4 |
| Digital Realty | 4 |
| Macquarie Data Centres | 3 |
| CDC | 2 |
| Fujitsu Australia Pty Ltd. | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 |
| Telstra | 2 |
| Australian Securities Exchange | 1 |
| DCI Data Centers | 1 |
| DXN Limited | 1 |
| DigiCo | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Fujitsu | 1 |
| Interactive | 1 |
| Oracle | 1 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 1 |
| Southern Cross Cable Network | 1 |
| TPG Telecom Limited | 1 |
| Verizon | 1 |
| Vocus | 1 |
Largest data centers in the Sydney market by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| NEXTDC S3 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | 80 |
| NEXTDC S2 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | 30 |
| NEXTDC S1 Sydney 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 Sydney market
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| EdgeConneX Sydney, Australia | EdgeConneX | Under construction | not recorded |
| NEXTDC S4 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | Planned | not recorded |
| NEXTDC S5 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | Planned | not recorded |
| NEXTDC S7 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | Planned | not recorded |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| AirTrunk SYD3 Sydney West | AirTrunk | 753,473 |
| AirTrunk SYD1 Sydney West | AirTrunk | 376,736 |
| AirTrunk SYD2 Sydney North | AirTrunk | 312,153 |
| NEXTDC S3 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | 215,278 |
| NEXTDC S2 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | 93,646 |
| Digital Realty SYD11 | Digital Realty | 87,500 |
| Digital Realty SYD10 | Digital Realty | 86,000 |
| Equinix Sydney SY4 | Equinix | 80,137 |
| Equinix Sydney SY3 | Equinix | 74,206 |
| NEXTDC S1 Sydney Data Centre | NEXTDC | 62,431 |
| Equinix Sydney SY5 | Equinix | 53,260 |
| Equinix Sydney SY6 | Equinix | 25,446 |
| Equinix Sydney SY2 | Equinix | 17,072 |