Web infrastructure in Australia
Australia hosts 149 data centers, 193 providers, and 36 internet exchange points, making it the dominant digital infrastructure hub in Oceania. The country connects Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific with low-latency routes through Sydney and Perth. Submarine cable landings and dense metro fiber support cloud, content, and enterprise workloads.
The Australia hosting landscape
Vocus Group operates 20 facilities, the most of any provider. NEXTDC runs 16 data centers, Equinix maintains 13, and CDC Data Centres has 12. MegaIX Sydney is the largest exchange with 229 connected networks, followed by Equinix Sydney with 216 and IX Australia Sydney with 180. MegaIX Melbourne peers 131 networks, while EdgeIX Sydney connects 130.
Sydney has 15 carrier-neutral data centers and hosts the country's richest peering fabric. Brisbane counts 14 facilities, Adelaide 10, Melbourne 7, and Perth 7. Content delivery networks, cloud providers, and financial services firms buy colocation and cross-connects in these cities to serve Australian and trans-Pacific traffic.
Key facts
- Australia has 149 data centers, 193 providers, and 36 IXPs.
- Vocus Group operates 20 facilities, the most in the country.
- MegaIX Sydney is the largest IXP with 229 connected networks.
- NEXTDC runs 16 data centers across major metro cities.
- Sydney leads with 15 data center facilities, Brisbane has 14.
- Equinix, Inc. operates 13 data centers in Australian markets.
Top hosting cities in Australia
Hosting providers in Australia
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Data centers in Australia
All 150 facilities →Equinix SY1/SY2 - Sydney
Equinix, Inc.
Equinix SY4 - Sydney
Equinix, Inc.
NEXTDC B2
NEXTDC
NEXTDC S1
NEXTDC
Equinix ME1/ME2 - Melbourne
Equinix, Inc.
NEXTDC B1
NEXTDC
NEXTDC P1
NEXTDC
DigiCo Sydney SYD1 (formerly Global Switch Australia)
DigiCo
Equinix SY3 - Sydney
Equinix, Inc.
NEXTDC M1
NEXTDC
NEXTDC S2
NEXTDC
Colocity DC3
Colocity