Optus Sunshine West

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Optus Sunshine West is a data center operated by Optus Sunshine in Melbourne, AU. The facility is currently announced. It sits in the Melbourne data-center market on the AEMO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 30.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Announced
City
Melbourne
Country
AU

What changed

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Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Melbourne — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Melbourne — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Melbourne's 116 tracked facilities deliver 1,820 MW of operational capacity, but the market is constrained and undersupplied. The excess-power score of 35/100 signals acute scarcity—operators are running lean with minimal slack for growth or failover. The constraint score of 52/100 confirms that grid, land, or interconnection bottlenecks are active headwinds. Equinix operates the largest footprint with 7 facilities, followed by AirTrunk with 5, indicating that top-tier operators control roughly 10% of tracked sites, while fragmentation across 116 total facilities suggests a long tail of smaller or legacy assets. The AVOID verdict reflects fundamental supply-demand misalignment unfavorable to acquisition-focused buyers. Low excess power means utilization is already high relative to nameplate capacity; acquiring an existing facility does not solve the scarcity problem and locks capital…

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMelbourne
Grid operatorAEMO
DC Hub Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power30.0 months
LocationMelbourne, AU

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