Coloprice Score · methodology 2026.08

Best data centers in Australia: 2026 ranking

168 facilities in Australia are in the Coloprice catalog; their median Coloprice Score is 22 out of 100. The table ranks 25 of them by score — computed only from what each operator publishes and what we verified against primary sources.

168 facilitiesColoprice Score · 22 out of 100

Top 25 by Coloprice Score

Who is in this list: Every facility in the catalog located in Australia — operational, under construction and announced. Status is visible in the maturity axis. Showing the top 25 of 168.

#	Facility	Operator	Location	MW	Score	Class
1	NEXTDC S3 Sydney	NEXTDC	Sydney (Artarmon)	80	82	A
2	NEXTDC P2 Perth CBD	NEXTDC	Perth (CBD)	20	80	A
3	NEXTDC B2 Fortitude Valley	NEXTDC	Brisbane (Fortitude Valley)	12	79	B
4	NEXTDC M2 Melbourne	NEXTDC	Melbourne (Tullamarine)	120	77	B
5	NEXTDC M3 West Footscray	NEXTDC	Melbourne (West Footscray)	225	76	B
6	NEXTDC M1 Port Melbourne	NEXTDC	Melbourne (Port Melbourne)	16	65	B
7	NEXTDC P1 Malaga	NEXTDC	Perth (Malaga)	10	62	C
8	NEXTDC S2 Macquarie Park	NEXTDC	Sydney (Macquarie Park)	30	60	C
9	Equinix SY9x	Equinix	Sydney (Rosehill)	28	57	C
10	NEXTDC A1 Adelaide CBD	NEXTDC	Adelaide (CBD)	5	54	C
11	NEXTDC D1 Darwin CBD	NEXTDC	Darwin (CBD)	1	51	C
12	Telstra InfraCo Clayton Data Centre	Telstra InfraCo	Melbourne (Clayton)	20	51	C
13	Telstra InfraCo St Leonards Data Centre	Telstra InfraCo	Sydney (St Leonards)	20	51	C
14	Macquarie IC3 East Macquarie Park	Macquarie Data Centres	Sydney (Macquarie Park)	12	47	D
15	Adelaide 02 (ADL02)	DCI Data Centers	Adelaide (Kidman Park)	—	46	D
16	Macquarie IC2 Macquarie Park	Macquarie Data Centres	Sydney (Macquarie Park)	6	46	D
17	Macquarie IC1 Sydney CBD	Macquarie Data Centres	Sydney (CBD)	2	44	D
18	Pulse DC	FKG Group	Toowoomba	7.5	42	D
19	Micron21 MEL1	Micron21	Melbourne (Kilsyth South)	—	41	D
20	Equinix AE1	Equinix	Adelaide	—	40	D
21	Equinix BR1	Equinix	Brisbane (Fortitude Valley)	—	40	D
22	Equinix CA1	Equinix	Canberra (Mitchell)	—	40	D
23	Equinix ME1	Equinix	Melbourne (Port Melbourne)	—	40	D
24	Equinix ME2	Equinix	Melbourne (Port Melbourne)	—	40	D
25	Equinix ME4	Equinix	Melbourne (Derrimut)	—	40	D

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How we ranked them

Coloprice Score is a 0–100 total of five axes: resilience (tier level weighted by the class of evidence, up to 35), compliance (independent audits, up to 20), transparency (how many of seven key fields are published, up to 20), scale (published MW on a log scale plus liquid cooling and AI readiness, up to 15) and maturity (status and age, up to 10). Every input is a field on the facility card, and every card cites its sources.

Nothing here is opinion or paid placement: an operator can only move up by publishing more data or citing more certificates. A dashed class means the operator disclosed too little for a class to be assigned honestly — the score is still computed. Full methodology, class thresholds and the top-50 across all countries: Coloprice Score rankings.

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