NEXTDC M4 Fishermans Bend
NEXTDC · Melbourne AI Factory
- Planned IT
- 162 MW
- Free to lease
- 130 MW
- $ / kW·mo
- $113
- White space
- 324k ft²
Inventory
20% occupiedPower
162 MWlive
130 MW to lease · 32.4 MW in use
White space
324k ft²total
259k ft² free · 65k ft² occupied
30k m² · 24k m² free
Free power is unsold critical IT at this building, not utility headroom. Space is computer-room white space.
Power
Power cost
$113/kW·mo
13.8¢ industrial · 15.5¢ after PUE 1.12
- Per MW·year
- $1.4M
- This site · 162 MW
- $219M/yr
- 120 kW rack
- $13,539/mo
4.3× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun). Same IT load there is $168M/yr less.
Victoria NEM · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
- 2N
- Opened
- 2028
- Renewable match
- 80%
- Rack density
- 120 kW
- PUE
- 1.121.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
- CitiPower. A$2bn DA-approved January 2026.
Cooling
Plant
Direct-to-chip
Liquid
Deployed
Rack density
120 kW
H100-eq
—
WUE
2.40 L/kWh
fleet avg · 2026 · 3.4M m³/yr at 162 MW
Operator fleet average applied to this hall — not a site meter. NEXTDC FY26 sustainability report.
Direct-to-chip, rack densities exceeding 1,000 kW. Sovereign AI / defence workloads.
Network carriers
6On-net and metro carriers typically present at this location, including internet exchanges. Not a full circuit inventory.
Clouds
4Native regions and typical Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect on-ramps at this campus. Availability varies by hall.
Location
Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Fishermans Bend, Port Melbourne, VIC
-37.843°, 144.932° · Oceania
Tenants / users
AI, defence, sovereign
Notes
Australia's most ambitious single-site AI factory. 162 MW, Fishermans Bend.
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.