NextDC has acquired land for a new data center in Sydney, Australia.
The new site could potentially more than double the company's capacity in the city.
The Aussie operator this week announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase land in Eastern Creek for a new data center site, known as S7, for AU$353 million (US$236.1m).
The S7 site covers approximately 258,000 sqm (2.78 million sq ft) of developable land area; the company said it could offer up to 550MW at full build-out.
Campus specifics and timelines for development were not shared.
NextDC has six data centers in Sydney in operation or development totaling just under 500MW and 178,500 sqm (1.9 million sq ft). As well as S3 and S6 in Artarmon, NextDC operates three data centers (S1, S2, and S5) in Macquarie Park and one (S4) in Horsley Park.
The company operates or is developing 20 data centers across Australia, including in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Port Hedland, Canberra, Adelaide, the Sunshine Coast, and Darwin.
Beyond Australia, NextDC currently has sites in planning or under evaluation in Tokyo, Japan; Bangkok, Thailand; Johor and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Singapore.
