Melbourne Data Centers

Why choose Melbourne data centers?

Connect to Australia’s second-largest economy with direct access to Sydney’s global ecosystem.

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Melbourne, one of the world's most livable[PK1]  cities, is a thriving finance and business hub with growing medtech and research sectors. Our Melbourne data centers connect you to Australia's second-largest economy with proximity to Sydney, the nation's leading business hub. Seamless access between these metros enables businesses to leverage Melbourne's robust network ecosystem to directly interconnect with partners and customers.

Connect to major global and local cloud providers through four cloud on-ramps, including the only such on-ramp for the AWS Melbourne region. Gain access to the Victorian Internet Exchange (VIC-IX), advanced network solutions and scalable infrastructure designed for compliance. Accelerate growth with a unified gateway connecting Melbourne, Sydney and the world.

To learn more about interconnection opportunities in this metro, visit the Explorer feature within Equinix Marketplace.

Harness our interconnection-focused colocation and platform services

 

Colocation services

Build secure and reliable digital infrastructure alongside your business partners to unlock the power of interconnected proximity.

Digital services

Deploy digital infrastructure securely and rapidly to assemble infrastructure in minutes— from anywhere in the world—with the world’s largest ecosystem of providers.

State-of-the-art data centers

Colocate with confidence—backed by the world’s leading data center design and operations teams for mission-critical uptime, reliability, security and sustainability.

Certified for global standards

Our data centers are certified to meet rigorous environmental and energy management standards.

Visit our Certifications page for a list of data-center-specific certifications.

Get worldwide network interconnection with Platform Equinix®

Superior connectivity

Deploy your digital infrastructure locally and enable low-latency metro connections. Get direct access to major cloud providers, multiple networks and the Victorian Internet Exchange. Experience sub-13 millisecond latency to Sydney and similar performance across Asia-Pacific sites, ensuring seamless connectivity to vital markets.

High-performance data centers

Our Melbourne facilities provide outstanding energy efficiency with world-class security and operational reliability. The ME2 Melbourne IBX® data center is also liquid cooling-ready for your AI deployments.

Better disaster recovery

Located in distinct campuses for geo-diversity, redundancy, proximity and flexibility, the Equinix Melbourne data centers give you network-rich options within the city and across the country to support disaster recovery and business continuity.

 

Access Vibrant Ecosystems

Connect to communities within Equinix that accelerate and amplify internal value creation for your business, including financial enterprises, content and digital media services, global networks and cloud service providers..

 

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Drive business growth

  • Direct connections to the Victorian Internet Exchange and the Australia Singapore Cable.
  • Access the second-largest peering ecosystem in Australia (behind Equinix Sydney) to establish peering relationships and interconnect with other networks and clouds.

  • Low-latency connectivity to clouds and networks makes Melbourne a preferred location to deploy efficient, distributed and scalable digital infrastructure for better network and application performance—ideal for the retail, financial, healthcare and services sectors.
  • On-demand and direct private access to multiple cloud providers and networks via Equinix Fabric® enables seamless multimetro operations.

  • Deploy cloud infrastructure in Melbourne as a second major availability zone and disaster recovery location.
  • Electricity pricing makes it a preferred location for technology SaaS platforms and GPU clouds.
  • Data sharing agreements with Canada, the UK and the US, as well as a robust legal system, make doing business easier.

  • Deploy CDN (content delivery network) nodes and other edge services for quality digital experiences leveraging proximity to rich network and cloud ecosystems.
  • Reduce IP transit costs and enhance end-user experience with Equinix Internet Exchange®.

 

 

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