Planning Approved
WA · market
Data centres in Perth
An isolated grid and subsea-cable landing point give Perth a distinct, resilient edge market.
95 MW
operating capacity
60 MW
under construction
Malaga & Bibra Lake
primary sub-region
Indicative estimates · public sources
Market context
The Perth market
Perth is a distinct, self-contained market defined by its isolation from the eastern states and its role as a subsea-cable landing point linking Australia to Asia. That gateway position, plus demand from resources, government and enterprise, supports a focused colocation and edge market in suburbs such as Malaga and Bibra Lake. Latency to the east coast keeps most workloads local, which sustains the case for in-territory capacity (indicative). Subsea connectivity to Asia, AI workloads and Western Australia's strong solar resource shape the market, with operators including NEXTDC, Equinix and Vocus serving the metro, and energy efficiency, on-site firming and cooling design carrying extra weight on an isolated grid.
2 known data centres in Perth
Full directoryKnown existing facilities in the Perth 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 Perth
Capacity on Western Power's South West Interconnected System (SWIS), not land, is the binding constraint on new Perth capacity.
Western Australia runs on the standalone South West Interconnected System, operated by Western Power, rather than the National Electricity Market, so connection economics and renewable integration follow their own path, including a Reserve Capacity Mechanism that shapes how large loads contract and price firm supply. The isolated grid makes resilience and on-site backup central to facility design, and WA's strong solar resource is increasingly part of the low-carbon supply story for new build, with the largest proposed campuses scaling toward a few hundred megawatts as Perth's gateway role grows.
Indicative · compiled from public sources
The known Perth facilities in the directory do not publish operator capacity. The 95 MW operating figure above is a market-level indicative estimate that also counts facilities that do not publish capacity, from public planning and grid records.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 Perth data centre pipeline
Planning, grid and tender activity in WA, 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 1
Approved 5
Construction 0
Operational 1
Planning Approved
Planning Approved
Planning Planning
Planning Approved
Planning Approved
Stage and capacity band only. Site names and sources are available in the manually reviewed private access.
Operators with presence in Perth
Operators with public-record presence in the Perth market. Capacity figures are national (AU) footprint, not a Perth-only number, and indicative.
NEXTDC Colocation
AU market profile
ASX:NXT
Equinix (AU) Colocation
AU market profile
NASDAQ:EQIX · Equinix Inc.
Vocus Edge
AU market profile
private · Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium
Edge Data Centres Edge
AU market profile
private
Data centre asset classes in Perth
The asset types most relevant to the Perth market right now.
Operating data centres
Income-producing colocation, hyperscale and edge facilities trading on yield and covenant.
REITs · infra funds
Powered shells
Shell-and-core buildings with power and cooling provisioned, ready for fit-out.
Operators · JV partners
Distressed & secondary
Stalled developments, refinancing situations and secondary-market positions.
Opportunistic capital
Data centres in Perth, answered
How many data centres are in Perth?
Data Centre Axis tracks 2 known existing data centres in Perth in its public directory, against roughly 95 MW of operating capacity and 60 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 Perth?
The Perth 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.
Which operators run data centres in Perth?
Operators with public-record presence in the Perth market include NEXTDC, Equinix (AU), Vocus, Edge Data Centres. See the operators directory for the full list and each operator's footprint.
How do I find, lease or buy data centre capacity in Perth?
Data Centre Axis works privately with buyers, operators and funds to source Perth 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 Perth.
The Site Finder indexes 683,150 land parcels across all 8 Australian jurisdictions, screened against published network capacity. WA candidates are then weighed on land, power, environmental and servicing evidence.