NEXTDC
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NEXTDC is an ASX-listed, Australian-headquartered independent data centre operator that builds and operates carrier-neutral colocation facilities, renting rack, cage and suite space to enterprises, government agencies, cloud providers and managed service providers rather than reselling third-party capacity. As of 2026 the company operates 17 data centres across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin, the Sunshine Coast and the remote Pilbara mining region, plus its first offshore facility, KL1 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which went live in 2026 as part of a roughly A$1 billion investment. Founded in 2010 by Bevan Slattery and listed on the ASX in 2011, NEXTDC has grown into Australia’s largest listed developer and operator of data centres, with a market capitalisation in the range of A$8-11 billion through 2025-2026. A distinguishing feature of its current strategy is a heavy push into AI-specific infrastructure: S6 Sydney is marketed as Australia’s first purpose-built ‘AI Factory’ data centre for GPU and sovereign-AI workloads, and NEXTDC has announced further AI-dedicated campuses (including a planned Fishermans Bend site in Melbourne and a large Western Sydney campus tied to a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI), alongside NVIDIA DGX-Ready certification and rack densities marketed up to 600kW.
NEXTDC has a confirmed data center presence at the following locations:
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NEXTDC Data Center Locations
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia C1 Canberra TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
C1 Canberra has been certified by the Australian federal government for strategic importance and hosted an AWS Direct Connect hosting location from 2017. - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia S1 Sydney TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
S1 Sydney was one of NEXTDC's original flagship facilities and achieved a 4.5-star NABERS energy efficiency rating in 2017. - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia S2 Sydney CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Per NEXTDC's own site: NEXTDC states S2 Sydney is the gateway to its entire national ecosystem of public and private cloud providers, carrier networks and MSP services. - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia S3 Sydney CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia S6 SydneyAI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
S6 Sydney is marketed as Australia's first purpose-built 'AI Factory' data centre, located adjacent to the existing S3 campus in Artarmon. - Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia D1 Darwin CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
Per NEXTDC's own site: NEXTDC describes D1 Darwin as its flagship Northern Territory facility and the first of its kind in Darwin to provide 100% uptime plus fast, secure access to major cloud platforms. - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia B1 Brisbane CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia B2 Brisbane TIER IV CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
B2 Brisbane, opened in 2017, was Australia's first Tier IV Certified Design and Constructed data centre. - Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia SC1 Sunshine Coast CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
SC1 Sunshine Coast, opened in 2021 as an edge data centre, is promoted as home to the fastest data connections to Asia from Australia's east coast. - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia A1 Adelaide CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
A1 Adelaide, built on the corner of Frome and Pirie Streets at a cost of about A$100 million, was NEXTDC's debut facility in South Australia and the state's first fully fault-tolerant Tier IV-targeted data centre. - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia M1 Melbourne TIER III CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
M1 is described as the best-connected data centre in Melbourne, certified to Uptime Institute Tier III standard. - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia M2 Melbourne CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia M3 Melbourne CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
M3 West Footscray began operations in September 2022, expanding NEXTDC's Melbourne footprint significantly. - Perth, Western Australia, Australia P1 Perth CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia P2 Perth CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
P2 Perth is located at 11 Newcastle Street and offers around 12,000 square metres of technical space with a target PUE of 1.15. - Newman, Western Australia, Australia NE1 Newman TIER III PENDING REVIEW
NE1 Newman, completed in 2024, is NEXTDC's second Edge data centre in the Pilbara, built from three prefabricated modular units supplied by Vertiv. - Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia PH1 Port Hedland TIER III PENDING REVIEW
PH1 Port Hedland, opened in August 2023 in partnership with BHP, Vocus and Microsoft, won the DCD Global Awards' Edge Data Centre Project of the Year for 2023. - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia KL1 Kuala LumpurAI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
KL1 is NEXTDC's first offshore data centre, backed by a roughly A$1 billion investment and marketed as Malaysia's premier AI-ready data centre upon going live.
By Continent
NEXTDC AI Data Centers
NEXTDC's clearest AI-optimized facility so far is S6 Sydney in Artarmon, described as Australia's first purpose-built 'AI Factory' — a 13.5MW site engineered for GPU-intensive training and inference with advanced liquid cooling and NVIDIA DGX-Ready certification, and progressing toward Uptime Institute Tier IV status. The company has also announced further AI-dedicated campuses, including a planned $2 billion 'AI Factory' at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne (M4) targeting rack densities beyond 1,000kW for NVIDIA Blackwell/Rubin Ultra-class hardware, and a large planned GPU supercluster campus in Western Sydney tied to a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI — but these are announced/in-development projects rather than confirmed operational buildings as of this research.
- Sydney, Australia S6 Sydney AI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRALPENDING REVIEW
S6 Sydney is marketed as Australia's first purpose-built 'AI Factory' data centre, located adjacent to the existing S3 campus in Artarmon. - Petaling Jaya, Malaysia KL1 Kuala Lumpur AI DATA CENTER CARRIER-NEUTRALPENDING REVIEW
KL1 is NEXTDC's first offshore data centre, backed by a roughly A$1 billion investment and marketed as Malaysia's premier AI-ready data centre upon going live.
Common Questions
Does NEXTDC have data centres built specifically for AI and GPU workloads?
Yes. S6 Sydney, located in Artarmon, is marketed as Australia's first purpose-built 'AI Factory' data centre, a 13.5MW facility designed for GPU-intensive training and inference with advanced liquid cooling and NVIDIA DGX-Ready certification, and it is progressing toward Uptime Institute Tier IV certification.
Where does NEXTDC operate outside Australia?
NEXTDC's first offshore facility is KL1 in Kuala Lumpur (Petaling Jaya), Malaysia, which went live in 2026 following an announced roughly A$1 billion investment targeting 65MW and Tier IV certification; further sites are in development or planning in Auckland, New Zealand and Tokyo, Japan.
How many data centres does NEXTDC operate and where in Australia?
As of 2026 NEXTDC operates 17 Australian data centres across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin, plus edge facilities in the Sunshine Coast and the remote Pilbara mining towns of Port Hedland and Newman.
Does NEXTDC build its own facilities or lease existing buildings?
NEXTDC develops and constructs its own purpose-built facilities, such as the $100 million A1 Adelaide data centre it built on land it purchased in the Adelaide CBD, rather than simply reselling space in buildings it does not operate.
Does NEXTDC offer colocation services?
Yes — we've identified 18 facilities where NEXTDC may offer colocation services. Please contact NEXTDC directly to confirm current availability and terms.
Does NEXTDC offer cloud services?
We haven't confirmed cloud services for NEXTDC yet — this isn't a definitive no, since our research can miss things. Please contact NEXTDC directly to confirm cloud availability.
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