NextDC

Australian data centre operator

ASX: NXT
S&P/ASX 200 component

Founded2010HeadquartersBrisbane, Queensland

Key people

Craig Scroggie (CEO)Websitenextdc.com

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

History

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

Douglas Flynn (Chairman)
Craig Scroggie (CEO and Managing Director)
Gregory Clark AC
Jennifer Lambert
Eileen Doyle
Stuart Davis
Steve Smith
Michael Helmer
Maria Leftakis^[22]

References

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^ "NEXTDC History". NEXTDC. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ Han, Misa (14 November 2014). "NEXTDC tops fast growing tech companies list". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "NEXTDC to take stake in AUCloud". iTnews. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sier, Jessica (17 February 2022). "NextDC tips $100m into new data centre in Adelaide". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Coyne, Allie (17 November 2015). "NextDC wants to raise $70m for new Brisbane data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Cowan, Paris (19 May 2016). "NextDC picks Tullamarine for second Melbourne data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "A peek inside NextDC's S2 data centre". ZDNet. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ "NextDC opens Canberra data centre". iTnews. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ ^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.
^ Talevski, Julia (20 October 2022). "NextDC opens largest DC to date with M3 Melbourne". www.arnnet.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ "Preview: NextDC's Perth data centre". iTnews. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Alley, Alex (31 July 2020). "Australia's NextDC opens Perth P2 hyperscale data center". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Dickinson, Eleanor (21 September 2022). "NextDC opens $1B Sydney data centre". ARN. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ 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.
^ Lima, João (8 December 2022). "NEXTDC: Q&A with Craig Scroggie, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director". PTC. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ Swinhoe, Dan (27 October 2021). "NextDC to build data center in Darwin, Australia". Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ Moore, Ben (30 July 2021). "NextDC to build massive 300MW data centre in West Sydney". CRN Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "NEXTDC 1H23 Results Presentation" (PDF). NextDC. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ ^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.
^ Bennett, Tess (11 May 2023). "NextDC raising $618m for Asia data centre dream". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ "NEXTDC Senior Management". www.nextdc.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.