Australia's data centres draw 5 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 11th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.
That is 1.7% of everything the country generates — above the 1.2% median across those countries.
Set against 1.4 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 39% load factor.
2 metros are tracked here, totalling 820 MW, of which Sydney alone is 520 MW — 63% of the national total.
300 MW of that is not yet operating: it is under construction or still an announcement.
Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Systems & Facility on the ownership basis, at #8 of 9.
It does not register at all on Silicon, Memory & Storage or Networking.
One supplier is domiciled here, IREN, booking roughly $1bn.
About $6bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Australia, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.
National context
Where Australia ranks
The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.
| Tier | Physicalassets here | Ownershiprevenue booked | Controlcould stop you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon | — | — | — |
| Memory & Storage | — | — | — |
| Networking | — | — | — |
| Systems & Facility | #11of 54 | #8of 9 | — |
| Power & Grid | #11of 77 | — | — |
Data centre metros (2)
| Sydney — Operating4.5% vacancy. Australia's primary market. | 520 MW B |
| Melbourne — Under construction | 300 MW C |
Suppliers domiciled here (1)
| IREN — GPU cloudSystems & FacilityConverted from bitcoin mining infrastructure. | $1bn |
Revenue is the group or segment figure closest to each tier's perimeter. Segment boundaries differ between issuers, so treat the split as indicative.