Coloprice Score · methodology 2026.08

Best certified Tier III data centers: 2026 ranking

92 facilities in the Coloprice catalog qualify as certified Tier III data centers; their median Coloprice Score is 48 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.

92 facilitiesColoprice Score · 48 out of 100

Top 25 by Coloprice Score

Who is in this list: Facilities with a Tier III or higher level backed by a cited certificate (design, constructed facility or operations) — self-declared levels are excluded. Showing the top 25 of 92.

#	Facility	Operator	Location	MW	Score	Class
1	NEXTDC M2 Melbourne	NEXTDC	Melbourne (Tullamarine), Australia	120	77	B
2	NEXTDC S3 Sydney	NEXTDC	Sydney (Artarmon), Australia	80	73	B
3	CtrlS Chennai Data Center Park	CtrlS Datacenters	Chennai, India	72	71	B
4	Sairam Data Center	Kazteleport (Halyk Group)	Almaty, Kazakhstan	2	70	B
5	Yereymentau Data Center	Kazteleport (Halyk Group)	Astana, Kazakhstan	2	70	B
6	Iron Mountain CHI-1	Iron Mountain	Des Plaines, United States	56	69	B
7	Iron Mountain CHN-1	Iron Mountain	Chennai, India	23.2	67	B
8	Iron Mountain CHN-2	Iron Mountain	Chennai, India	19	67	B
9	STT Bangkok 1	ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (Thailand)	Bangkok, Thailand	20	65	B
10	Moro Hub Green Data Centre (MBR Solar Park)	Moro Hub (Digital DEWA)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	100	64	C
11	Sify Rabale Data Center Campus (Tower 5)	Sify Technologies	Navi Mumbai, India	43	62	C
12	CtrlS Mumbai Data Center Campus	CtrlS Datacenters	Mumbai, India	95	61	C
13	Csquare ORD2	Csquare	Elk Grove Village, United States	25.9	60	C
14	Csquare LAX3	Csquare	Irvine, United States	24.9	60	C
15	VITRO Santa Rosa	ePLDT (VITRO Inc.)	Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines	100	60	C
16	NEXTDC KL1	NEXTDC	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	65	59	C
17	CtrlS Noida Data Center	CtrlS Datacenters	Noida, India	8	59	C
18	Sify Noida 02	Sify Technologies	Noida, India	25.92	59	C
19	STT Pune 1	ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India)	Pune (Dighi), India	9	59	C
20	Vantage Cyberjaya I (KUL1) Campus	Vantage Data Centers	Cyberjaya, Malaysia	31	58	C
21	GSA01 Bangkok Campus (Bang Phli)	GSA Data Center (Gulf, Singtel Nxera, AIS)	Samut Prakan, Thailand	20	58	C
22	PDG MU1 Navi Mumbai	Princeton Digital Group	Navi Mumbai (Airoli), India	150	58	C
23	Vantage Kwai Chung Campus (HKG3)	Vantage Data Centers	Hong Kong (Kwai Chung), Hong Kong	14	58	C
24	STT Loyang	ST Telemedia Global Data Centres	Singapore, Singapore	40	56	C
25	Gulf Data Hub KAUST 1	Gulf Data Hub	Thuwal, Saudi Arabia	14.4	56	C

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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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