Operational NEXTDC hyperscale colocation facility in Port Melbourne, distinct from M4 at Todd Road. Current operator materials report 16 MW IT capacity and a competing 15 MW target IT figure. Both exceed 5 MW; neither establishes currently available customer capacity.
Last researched 2026-10-09Last verified Not independently verifiedPublished revision 1
Site / building photo
M1 Melbourne exterior hero, labelled by NEXTDC; direct visual inspection unavailable.
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Site profile
Operator
NEXTDC
Ownership
NEXTDC group
Business model / scale
Colocation / Hyperscale
Region / metro
Victoria / Melbourne
City / locality
Port Melbourne
Address
826 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Australia
Location
OSM-derived named-building coordinate from Mapcarta, corroborated approximately by the destination coordinates in NEXTDC's Google directions link and its Lorimer Street address; no survey or visually verified property marker. Precision: approximate · -37.82264, 144.93225 View location on map →
Parent
Not assigned
Location detail
OSM-derived named-building coordinate from Mapcarta, corroborated approximately by the destination coordinates in NEXTDC's Google directions link and its Lorimer Street address; no survey or visually verified property marker.. Coordinate precision: approximate. Street-map detail does not increase the accuracy of the sourced point.
826 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Australia
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Capacity evidence
Statements retain their dates, definitions and development scope. Do not add these rows together.
Claim / measurement
Scope and status
As of
Evidence and accounting
16 MW IT load
M1 facility advertised IT capacity Operational · cumulative
Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is retrieval date of undated live page, not commissioning date. Current brochure also reports 16 MW. Available capacity is not disclosed.
15 MW IT load
M1 facility target IT capacity Planned · cumulative
Excluded from capacity totals. As-of is retrieval date of undated operator comparison. Status reflects the source's target qualifier, not a claim that M1 itself is unbuilt. Conflicts with 16 MW facility page; do not add the figures.
12 MW IT load
M1 total ICT load in historical disclosure Operational · cumulative
Excluded from capacity totals. Historical 2012 meeting materials with attached valuation dated 15 November 2012. Not evidence of current load or availability; subsequent 15/16 MW claims may reflect later capacity changes.
Development timeline
2012-07-04 · actual_opening
M1 officially opened
Official opening date recorded in NEXTDC meeting materials.
Operator identifies M1 in Port Melbourne, with 16 MW IT capacity, 6,000 m² technical space and 3,000-rack capacity; describes power, cooling and connectivity.
Melbourne facility contacts identify M1 at 826 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207, separately from the Brisbane headquarters; publishes a Google directions link.
Operator's regional comparison lists M1 at Lorimer Street and M4 at 127 Todd Road; M1 target IT capacity is 15 MW, with Tier III certifications and PUE figures.
Page 12 records opening on 4 July 2012, address 826–846 Lorimer Street, gross lettable area 17,354 m², 12 MW ICT load and three 7.5 MVA feeds. An attached valuation is dated 15 November 2012; filing publication date was not independently established.
Note 26 records APDC control acquired on 18 October 2018 and compulsory acquisition completed on 30 November 2018; NEXTDC group thereby owned the formerly leased property portfolio.
Operator announces M1 NABERS five-star infrastructure certification and describes its owned rooftop solar array and participation in the Melbourne Renewable Energy Project.
OSM-derived building entry supplies address 826–846 Lorimer Street and coordinate -37.82264, 144.93225. Its Equinix alias and municipal attribution are questionable and are not adopted.
Operator contact link resolves to the facility's street address and destination coordinates. The Maps listing body, photos and Street View were inaccessible; viewport coordinates were not used.
Supplier describes six halls, 17,500 m² building size and 5,200 m² NORTEC raised flooring; lists 820 Lorimer Street and completion 2011, differing from operator address and opening milestone. Photographs credited to Fretwell Photography.
Public operator gallery labels M1 hero and exterior photographs and exposes original image links. Image inspection attempts failed; filenames are not treated as capture dates.
M1 Melbourne exterior hero, labelled by NEXTDC; direct visual inspection unavailable. Original image: https://nextdc.com/hubfs/Data%20centre%20images/HERO%20Shots/M1_01_Hero.jpg
