Market
Sydney: 60 data centres, 22 operators, 1,191 MW live
There are 60 data centres in Sydney, Australia, spanning 5 sub-markets, 22 operators, 50 operational, 1,191 MW live, 3,485 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: CDC Data Centres (5 sites), then NEXTDC.
Map of 49 data centres in Sydney
Every Sydney site DC Atlas tracks with a position on record, coloured by status.
Sydney is one scope of the whole corpus. See every facility DC Atlas tracks on the global data center map.
Live
1,191MW
Under construction
1,105MW
Planned
1,036MW
Total potential
3,485MW
2% of pipeline modelled
Who supplies the power
100% of the data centres we track in the Sydney market have a named power supplier
- Ausgrid33sites
- Endeavour Energy22sites
- Evoenergy4sites
- Essential Energy1site
Who is building in Sydney
The 10 largest operators here by total potential, of 22 tracked in this market.
| Operator | Sites | Live | Total potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDC Data Centres | 5 | 246 MW | 750 MW |
| NEXTDC | 5 | 140 MW | 690 MW |
| AirTrunk | 4 | 250 MW | 655 MW |
| STACK Infrastructure | 2 | 28 MW | 478 MW |
| Equinix | 11 | 159 MW | 163 MW |
| Microsoft | 2 | 59 MW | 155 MW |
| Amazon | 6 | 40 MW | 140 MW |
| DigiCo Infrastructure REIT | 2 | 43 MW | 131 MW |
| Macquarie Data Centres | 4 | 47 MW | 92 MW |
| DCI Data Centers | 3 | 47 MW | 83 MW |
When Sydney was built
956 MW of the live capacity here carries a commissioning date — 68% of the operational sites in this market.
Recent activity
15 recorded developments in the Sydney market, the latest on 16 Jul 2026.
Macquarie Data Centres acquires Sydney site for 200MW AI data centre campus
Macquarie Data Centres has acquired a AUD 240 million development site in Sydney's Macquarie Park to build a new 200MW data centre campus designed for AI, cloud, and hyperscale workloads. The acquisition represents one of the largest recent land investments in Sydney's North Zone (AZ1). The planned facility will serve as an engineering and technology campus supporting enterprise and cloud infrastructure demands.
Sydney Zenlayer 001 commissioned
Zenlayer's presence at this facility was registered on PeeringDB on 11 March 2026 — a presence-registration date, not a commissioning date.
Alexandria Zenlayer 002 commissioned
Zenlayer's presence at this facility was registered on PeeringDB on 8 April 2022 — a presence-registration date, not a commissioning date.
Erskine Park Digital Realty 002 expansion
Erskine Park Digital Realty 002 was expanded on 14 November 2018, marked by the grand opening of Digital Erskine Park II.
Erskine Park Digital Realty 002 — entered service
the grand opening of Digital Erskine Park II
Erskine Park Digital Realty 002 breaks ground
Erskine Park Digital Realty 002 began construction on 7 September 2017, as announced for a new data centre development in Western Sydney.
Alexandria Equinix 005 — expanded
has announced plans to invest US$42 million to expand its SY4 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre to meet the rising demand for additional capacity and interconnection services.
Alexandria Equinix 005 announced
Alexandria Equinix 005 was announced on 29 April 2015, in a press release describing it as Equinix's fourth Sydney data center.
Who is hiring in Sydney
16 open data centre roles at 3 operators we track
3 operators are recruiting in Sydney, 16 roles in total, the largest of them AirTrunk at 8. The split is 10 build-side to 6 operational, with critical facilities (5) and construction (4) the two largest disciplines. More than half of them, 12 of the 16, were posted in the last 30 days.
- AirTrunk8roles
- CDC Data Centres6roles
- Firmus2roles
The mix
- critical facilities5
- construction4
- commissioning3
- design and engineering1
- development and land1
- network1
- project management1
The roles behind those numbers
Most recently opened
- AirTrunkcritical facilities21 Sept 2026
- CDC Data Centresconstruction18 Sept 2026
- CDC Data Centresconstruction18 Sept 2026
- CDC Data Centrescritical facilities8 Sept 2026
- CDC Data Centrescommissioning4 Sept 2026
Counted from the operators' own public careers feeds, read daily. A role counts here when the employer runs a data centre we track and the work is operational rather than back office. What these roles involve, and what they pay.
Questions about Sydney
- How many data centres are in Sydney?
- There are 60 data centres in Sydney, Australia, spanning 5 sub-markets, 22 operators, 50 operational, 1,191 MW live, 3,485 MW total potential. Largest by total potential: CDC Data Centres (5 sites), then NEXTDC.
- How much data centre capacity does Sydney have?
- DC Atlas tracks 60 data centres in the Sydney data centre market. 1,191 MW is live, 1,105 MW is under construction, 1,036 MW is planned, for 3,485 MW of total potential at full buildout.
- Who are the largest data centre operators in Sydney?
- 22 operators run facilities in the Sydney data centre market. CDC Data Centres is the largest by total potential, with 5 sites and 750 MW.
- Which utilities supply power to data centres in Sydney?
- Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Evoenergy serve the most data centre sites in the Sydney data centre market. DC Atlas holds a named power supplier for 100% of the facilities it tracks here.
Every data centre we track in Sydney
50 of 60 with a published page