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Colocation in Sydney
Colocation in Sydney at a glance
Sydney is Australia's biggest data centre market, and for many businesses it is the default place to start. DChunt's facility map lists 105 data centres in Sydney, more than any other city. That much choice is useful, but it also makes it harder to know where to look. This page gives you a plain-English overview of the Sydney market and how to narrow it down to a shortlist.
Sydney data centre facilities and operators
The DChunt map lists 105 Sydney facilities from 33 named operators (plus one site with an undisclosed operator). The largest footprints in the data belong to CDC Data Centres (14 sites), Amazon Web Services (10), Equinix (8), ISPT (8), NEXTDC (7), Goodman (6) and Vocus Communications (6). Other operators include Digital Realty, Telstra InfraCo, AirTrunk, Macquarie Data Centres, Fujitsu, Microsoft, DCI Data Centers, DigiCo Infrastructure REIT, 5G Networks, STACK Infrastructure, NTT DATA, Keppel Data Centres, EdgeConneX, GreenSquareDC, Datacom, Interactive, Rackspace, Servers Australia, Amaze, DigitalOcean, Summit, TechFlow, Unisys and several property owners such as Stockland. Not all of these sell retail colocation. Hyperscale cloud campuses (AWS, Microsoft) and property developments are on the map for completeness, but a business buying a few racks will mostly deal with the colocation operators. You can see every site on the Sydney map view (/map?city=Sydney) and read operator profiles in the provider directory (/providers). Facility lists change often, so confirm the specific site and its capabilities with the operator before you decide.
Key data centre areas in Sydney
The facility names in our data point to a few clear clusters. Western Sydney has large campuses at Eastern Creek, Marsden Park, Kemps Creek, Minchinbury, Seven Hills and along Mamre Road. The north has sites at Macquarie Park, North Ryde, St Leonards, Gore Hill and North Sydney. Closer to the city there are facilities in the Sydney CBD, Haymarket, Glebe and Chippendale, with others at Homebush, Rhodes and Baulkham Hills. Western campuses tend to suit larger, high-power deployments, while inner and northern sites are often chosen for access and connectivity. For a deeper dive on precincts, read our guide to choosing a Sydney data centre (/learn/choosing-a-sydney-data-centre).
Connectivity
DChunt's coverage page describes Sydney as having Australia's densest carrier and cloud ecosystem and the most cloud on-ramps in the country. In practice that means more choice of carriers and direct cloud connections, but connectivity still varies from building to building. Always ask what is on-net in the exact facility. Our explainers on connectivity choices (/learn/connectivity-choices-explained) and cloud on-ramps (/learn/cloud-on-ramps-and-hybrid-cloud) cover the basics.
Who colocation in Sydney suits
Sydney suits businesses with users across the country, teams running hybrid cloud, and anyone who wants the widest choice of operators and price points. It is also the usual primary site for companies that later add a second city for disaster recovery.
What does colocation cost in Sydney?
DChunt's coverage page lists an indicative range of $1,700 - $3,400 per full rack per month in Sydney. Treat that as a rough guide only, not a quote: real pricing depends on power draw, contract term, space type and connectivity. Our cost guide (/learn/how-much-does-colocation-cost-australia) breaks down what goes into a colocation bill.
How to choose a Sydney data centre
Start with where your users and staff are. If most of them are in or near Sydney, a local facility keeps latency low and makes site visits easy. Then work out your power need per rack in kW, because that narrows the list faster than anything else; our guide to power, feeds and redundancy (/learn/data-centre-power-kw-feeds-redundancy) explains how to estimate it. Next, check which carriers and cloud on-ramps are actually present in the specific building, not just the city, and ask how cross connects are priced (/learn/cross-connects-made-simple). Confirm the support model too: if you won't have staff on site, remote hands terms matter (/learn/remote-hands-data-centre-support). In Sydney, location within the city matters: decide early whether you need an inner-city site for easy access or a western campus for space and power. Shortlist two or three sites on the map, line them up side by side with the comparison tool (/compare), and use the first-time buyer's checklist (/learn/first-time-data-centre-buyers-checklist) before you request quotes.
Get a shortlist that fits
Not sure which Sydney site suits you? The free DChunt assessment (/assessment) takes a few minutes and ranks locations and operators against your power, latency, compliance and budget needs, so you can talk to providers knowing what to ask for.
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