NextDC
Company typePublic
Founded2010
HeadquartersBrisbane, Queensland
Key people
Craig Scroggie (CEO)
Websitenextdc.com

NextDC (stylized as NEXTDC) is an Australian data centre operator. As of July 2020, the company operates 11 data centres around Australia,[1] with facilities in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra.

History

NextDC's P2 data centre in Perth

NextDC was founded by Bevan Slattery in 2010.[2]

In 2015, NextDC was named by Deloitte as Australia's fastest growing technology company.[3] It has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange since 2016.

In July 2020, NextDC opened P2, its second data centre in Perth.[1]

In November 2021, NextDC invested around $17 million for a 19.99% stake in AUCloud.[4]

In February 2022, NextDC announced that it will invest more than $100 million to build a data centre on Pirie Street, Adelaide.[5]

Data centres

Operational
Name Location Launched in Uptime Institute tier Ref
B1 Brisbane, Queensland 2011 [6]
B2 Fortitude Valley, Queensland IV [7][8]
C1 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2012 [9]
M1 Port Melbourne, Victoria III [10]
M2 Tullamarine, Victoria IV [8]
M3 West Footscray, Victoria 2022 [11]
P1 Malaga, Western Australia 2014 III [12]
P2 Perth, Western Australia 2020 IV [1][13]
S1 Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2013 III [8][10]
S2 Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2020 IV [8]
S3 Artarmon, New South Wales 2022 IV [14]
SC1 Maroochydore, Queensland 2021 N/A (Edge data centre) [15]
Under construction or in development
Name Location Status Ref
PH1 Port Hedland, Western Australia Under construction [16]
A1 Adelaide, South Australia In development [5]
D1 Darwin, Northern Territory In development [17]
S4 Horsley Park, New South Wales In development [18]
S5 Macquarie Park, New South Wales In development [19]
M4 Port Melbourne, Victoria In development [19]
KL1 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia In development [20]
AK1 Auckland, New Zealand In development [21]
TK1 Tokyo, Japan In development [20]

Organisational structure

Board members

References

  1. ^ a b c Hastie, Hamish (31 July 2020). "Internet has a new home in WA with opening of $200 million data tower". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ "NEXTDC History". NEXTDC. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. ^ Han, Misa (14 November 2014). "NEXTDC tops fast growing tech companies list". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ "NEXTDC to take stake in AUCloud". iTnews. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b Sier, Jessica (17 February 2022). "NextDC tips $100m into new data centre in Adelaide". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  6. ^ Coyne, Allie (17 November 2015). "NextDC wants to raise $70m for new Brisbane data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  7. ^ Cowan, Paris (19 May 2016). "NextDC picks Tullamarine for second Melbourne data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "A peek inside NextDC's S2 data centre". ZDNet. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ "NextDC opens Canberra data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b Dawn-Hiscox, Tanwen (5 October 2017). "NextDC's data center gets Australia's first Tier IV certificate". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  11. ^ Talevski, Julia (20 October 2022). "NextDC opens largest DC to date with M3 Melbourne". www.arnnet.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Preview: NextDC's Perth data centre". iTnews. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  13. ^ Alley, Alex (31 July 2020). "Australia's NextDC opens Perth P2 hyperscale data center". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. ^ Dickinson, Eleanor (21 September 2022). "NextDC opens $1B Sydney data centre". ARN. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  15. ^ Bowen, Mark (15 December 2021). "NEXTDC announces new edge data centre network and launches SC1 on Sunshine Coast". Intelligent CIO APAC. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  16. ^ Lima, João (8 December 2022). "NEXTDC: Q&A with Craig Scroggie, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director". PTC. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  17. ^ Swinhoe, Dan (27 October 2021). "NextDC to build data center in Darwin, Australia". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  18. ^ Moore, Ben (30 July 2021). "NextDC to build massive 300MW data centre in West Sydney". CRN Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  19. ^ a b "NEXTDC 1H23 Results Presentation" (PDF). NextDC. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  20. ^ a b Butler, Georgia (5 May 2023). "NextDC listing reveals data center plans in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  21. ^ Bennett, Tess (11 May 2023). "NextDC raising $618m for Asia data centre dream". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  22. ^ "NEXTDC Senior Management". www.nextdc.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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