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QLD · market
Data centres in Brisbane
South-East Queensland is scaling fast on the back of cloud on-ramps and large-load grid interest.
160 MW
operating capacity
130 MW
under construction
South & Ipswich corridor
primary sub-region
Indicative estimates · public sources
Market context
The Brisbane market
Brisbane and the wider South-East Queensland corridor are the country's fastest-growing emerging market, scaling from a modest base as cloud on-ramps and enterprise demand mature. Activity centres on the southern suburbs and the Ipswich corridor, where industrial land and grid interest are drawing both the listed national operators and new large-load proposals. The 2032 Olympics and population growth add to the region's infrastructure momentum (indicative). AI workloads, connectivity to interstate and subsea routes and Queensland's growing renewable energy mix are lifting demand, with operators such as NEXTDC, Equinix, NTT and Vocus active across South-East Queensland, and energy efficiency and humidity-tolerant cooling central to new design.
2 known data centres in Brisbane
Full directoryKnown existing facilities in the Brisbane market, compiled from public operator records. Capacity is shown where the operator has published it.
Power · grid · water
What limits new data centre capacity in Brisbane
Transmission capacity on the Energex and Powerlink networks, not land, is the binding constraint on new Brisbane capacity.
Connections run through Energex and Powerlink, with a growing pipeline of large-load enquiries testing available transmission capacity in the southern and western growth corridors, where Powerlink asks proponents to engage early with it and AEMO on project size, location and timing. Queensland's mix of established generation and a growing renewable pipeline gives the market room to scale, though sub-tropical heat and humidity raise the cooling and water-management bar for new facilities.
Indicative · compiled from public sources
The 2 Brisbane facilities in the directory with operator-published capacity total roughly 14.3 MW combined. The 160 MW operating figure above is a market-level indicative estimate that also counts facilities that do not publish capacity, from public planning and grid records.
The Brisbane data centre pipeline
Planning, grid and tender activity in QLD, by build stage, tracked from public records. Site names and sources are available in the manually reviewed private access.
Maturity funnel 10 signals
Pre-funding 0
Planning 0
Approved 0
Construction 0
Operational 0
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Stage and capacity band only. Site names and sources are available in the manually reviewed private access.
Operators with presence in Brisbane
Operators with public-record presence in the Brisbane market. Capacity figures are national (AU) footprint, not a Brisbane-only number, and indicative.
NEXTDC Colocation
AU market profile
ASX:NXT
Equinix (AU) Colocation
AU market profile
NASDAQ:EQIX · Equinix Inc.
NTT Global Data Centers Wholesale
AU market profile
TYO:9432 · NTT
Vocus Edge
AU market profile
private · Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium
Edge Data Centres Edge
AU market profile
private
Data centre asset classes in Brisbane
The asset types most relevant to the Brisbane market right now.
Powered land
Industrial-zoned land with secured or in-progress grid connection. The connection is the asset.
Developers · infra funds
AI data centre capacity
Capacity built to power and cool dense racks of accelerators, typically 50 to 150 kW per rack, with liquid cooling and a confirmed path to the power those racks demand.
Hyperscalers · operators
Operating data centres
Income-producing colocation, hyperscale and edge facilities trading on yield and covenant.
REITs · infra funds
Data centres in Brisbane, answered
How many data centres are in Brisbane?
Data Centre Axis tracks 2 known existing data centres in Brisbane in its public directory, against roughly 160 MW of operating capacity and 130 MW under construction (indicative figures from public sources). That covers colocation, wholesale and hyperscale digital infrastructure. Planning and grid-stage projects are tracked privately and released to verified members.
What types of data centre are in Brisbane?
The Brisbane market spans colocation facilities, wholesale and hyperscale data centres, and a growing set of AI-ready sites built for high power density measured in megawatts. The mix of digital infrastructure and the available power differ site by site.
What is the largest data centre in Brisbane?
Among the facilities we track publicly, NEXTDC B2 Brisbane operated by NEXTDC is the largest by published capacity, at about 12 MW. It is one of several large data centre sites in the Brisbane market; capacity is operator-published where available and indicative otherwise.
Which operators run data centres in Brisbane?
Operators with public-record presence in the Brisbane market include NEXTDC, Equinix (AU), NTT Global Data Centers, Vocus. See the operators directory for the full list and each operator's footprint.
How do I find, lease or buy data centre capacity in Brisbane?
Data Centre Axis works privately with buyers, operators and funds to source Brisbane sites, powered land and data centre capacity, and to assemble diligence from planning, grid, water and fibre records. Get verified to start a mandate.
Source or assess a site in Brisbane.
The Site Finder indexes 683,150 land parcels across all 8 Australian jurisdictions, screened against published network capacity. QLD candidates are then weighed on land, power, environmental and servicing evidence.