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.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for Melbourne — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →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…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Melbourne tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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