Datacom: Melbourne Data Center

The Datacom Melbourne Data Center (Datacom@AirTrunk MEL1) is situated in Derrimut, Victoria, within the AirTrunk MEL1 hyperscale campus. Datacom operates dedicated customer halls inside this facility, leveraging AirTrunk’s world-class infrastructure.

By partnering with AirTrunk, Datacom enables its customers to access hyperscaler-grade facility capabilities in Melbourne, while maintaining its reputation for secure, locally managed colocation and connectivity services across Australia and New Zealand. 

Melbourne’s position as a major business, financial, and connectivity hub gives this facility advantageous access to domestic and international networks, low latency to regional endpoints, and proximity to enterprise markets across Victoria.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Campus design: hyperscale data center campus by AirTrunk, with multiple buildings and a total capacity > 185 MW planned across phases 
• Datacom’s dedicated rack / hall deployments inside AirTrunk’s infrastructure 
• Power & redundancy: N+1 main boards and transformer systems; N+1 process cooling, air handling units; 2N chilled water pumping systems 
• Operations: purpose-built design and managed operations inside data halls by Datacom staff 
• Modular infrastructure: flexible rack configurations (quarter, half, full, and custom floors)
• 100% uptime SLA (power, network, bandwidth) promise for customers 
• Carrier-neutral design: support for multiple connectivity providers and future interconnection services 

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Industry certifications: ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 (Type 2) coverage for Datacom’s Australian data halls
• Access controls: swipe & PIN access, layered physical security, and fully vetted staff
• 24/7 on-site support and monitoring staff 
• Security posture: all facilities meet “international structural and operational requirements”

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier / telco neutrality: open choice of connectivity providers, not tied to a specific network 
• Multiple network providers available: Telstra, Optus, Aussie Broadband, TPG, Vocus, Luminet, NextHop, Xenith IG, FibreconX, Fibrepath, Megaport 
• Hybrid cloud and network flexibility: direct access to public clouds and interconnect options through provider ecosystem 
• Integration to Datacom’s trans-Tasman network: connecting Melbourne to Datacom’s other Australian and New Zealand data center locations 

💼 Who It Serves

• Enterprises in Victoria and broader Australia seeking carrier-neutral, hyperscale-grade colocation
• Cloud service providers and digital infrastructure firms needing footprint in Melbourne
• Financial services, media & entertainment, and regional IT / SaaS firms requiring low-latency connectivity
• Organizations pursuing hybrid / multi-cloud strategies with plug-and-play interconnectivity
• Customers requiring certified and secure environments (PCI, ISO, SOC) and 100% uptime guarantees