NextDC opens largest data centre to date in Melbourne

NextDC has opened M3 Melbourne, its largest data centre facility to date.

NextDC expects to invest $1.5 billion in the technology campus over time, which spans a land area of more than 100,000sqm. M3 will deliver 150MW of critical power for technology services and provide essential infrastructure for Australia’s digital economy.

Directly interconnecting with NextDC’s M1 and M2 Melbourne metropolitan campuses, M3 will enable organisations to leverage the performance advantage of direct, low latency connectivity to cloud-dense digital ecosystems, and the unique NextDC community of over 770 service providers and partners.

The opening of M3 comes just under a month after NextDC’s S3 data centre launch in Artarmon, Sydney, underlining the company’s customer led growth plan.

Craig Scroggie, CEO and managing director at NextDC said, “The Australian digital economy is growing rapidly, accelerating the need for interconnected cloud services, sovereign secured and sustainable solutions enabled by Tier IV certified facilities to assure business resilience. As a market leader, NextDC is responding to market demand by expanding our digital infrastructure platform.”

Located in West Footscray, M3 is approximately 9km west of Melbourne’s CBD. According to the data centre company the new hyperscale technology campus is strategically situated close to major electricity substations as well as diverse telecommunications network infrastructure, which underpin the unique NextDC 100 percent uptime guarantee, assuring zero down time.

Scroggie said, “The size and capability of M3 provides a gateway for Enterprise and Government organisations to directly connect and integrate their IT infrastructure with public and private cloud providers.

“We are building a community that enhances Australia’s access to critical, secure and sovereign connectivity, complimented by our industry leading sustainability solutions.”

Last month, NextDC opened its $1 billion S3 data centre development in Sydney's north.

The facility has a target capacity of 80 megawatts aimed to support NextDC’s 1,600 customers and 770 partners, promising enhanced security and creating a more interconnected infrastructure ecosystem.