NEXTDC M3 Melbourne
25 Indwe Street, West Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australia
is #16 in AI funding.
Australia sits in the upper half of the AI race — $550M of all-time AI capital across 3 orgs, and 305 MW of operational AI compute across 2 datacenters.AI datacenters in Australia are on track to use 3.9% of the entire national power grid.
LIVE #16 OF 49 COUNTRIES 1% OF WORLD UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$550M
all-time AI capital raised
#16/ 49 AI ORGS
3
notable AI organisations
#14/ 49 NOTABLE MODELS
1
shipped to date
#13/ 49 OPERATIONAL MW
305 MW
across 2 live DCs
#5/ 49 Where Australia sitsall countries ranked by AI funding
RANK-SPACED · HEIGHT ∝ SQRT(FUNDING) NAVY = AUSTRALIA
Australia 1/100 rest of world 99/100
Australia =
1%
of world AI funding tracked.
Total AI funding worldwide: $407.8B across 49 countries.
Australia: $550M · rank #16 of 49countries.
Australia: $550M · rank #16 of 49countries.
SRC: epoch · forbes · cbi · manual-gaps 1 SQUARE = 1% OF WORLD AI FUNDING
CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN AUSTRALIA
5 datacenters 305 MW live · 954 MW planned
operational planned total: 1.3 GW
FACILITY POWER STATUS
225 MW
operational
NEXTDC S3 Sydney
2 Broadcast Way, Artarmon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
80 MW
operational
AirTrunk SYD3
51 Huntingwood Drive, Huntingwood NSW 2148, Australia
400 MW
planned
AirTrunk MEL2
85-95 Sharps Road, Tullamarine VIC 3043, Australia
354 MW
planned
CDC Maddington Campus
307 Kenwick Road, Maddington WA 6109, Australia
200 MW
planned
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 2 LIVE / 5 TOTAL
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