We’re proudly carrier-neutral and deeply interconnected.
At every level and layer of network connectivity, our data centres are flexible, carrier-neutral, and deeply interconnected.
About Our Connectivity
Flexibility & Carrier Neutrality
Use your preferred carrier, cloud or internet exchange provider.
Deeply Interconnected
Connect to carriers, cloud providers and partners across our ecosystem.
Resilient Network Paths
Diverse building entries and cable pathways help reduce single points of failure.
Cross Connects
Cross connect cabling enables tenants to establish duplex circuits between racks located over facility managed structured cabling. Cross connects are ordered by customers for connection to carrier services and may also be ordered for connections between customers and between carriers.
Cable types supported include:
- Duplex (2 Core) Single Mode Fibre (SMOF OS2)
- Duplex (2 Core) Multi-mode Fibre (MMOF OM4)
Cross connects can be established between racks within the same Data Centre, or seamlessly between Data Centres within the same campus (e.g. between IC2 and IC3).
Services requiring Federal Government security classification are installed in secure dedicated conduits compliant with the Federal Government’s ACSC cabling requirements.
Data Centre Interconnects
Data Centre Interconnects: Layer 3 IP Network
DCCC (Data Centre Cross Connect) provides customers with the ability to establish a secure, high-speed layer 3 IP network link between their hosting environments in different Data Centres.
Speeds from 100Mbps to 1Gbps are offered, with Dual Access High Availability offered as an option to customers requiring link redundancy.
Layer 3 DCCC is available in all our Data Centres.
Data Centre Interconnect: Layer 2 Ethernet
DCI (Data Centre Interconnect) provides customers with the ability to establish a secure, high-speed layer 2 Ethernet link between their hosting environments.
Speeds from 1Gbps to 10Gbps are offered, with Dual Access High Availability offered as an option to customers requiring link redundancy.
Layer 2 DCI is available in our IC1, IC2 and IC3 data centres.
Cloud On-Ramps
Cloud Services Gateway
Integrate your colocation, dedicated servers, private clouds and public clouds. Our Cloud Services Gateway provides secure, agile and low-latency connectivity between your LAUNCHTM environment (Macquarie Cloud Service’s private cloud) or colocated hosting environment to any of the public clouds.
Cloud Services Gateway can also be used to provide Layer 2 or Layer 3 connectivity between your colocated hosting environment and over 700 3rd party data centres around the world.
Google Cloud Interconnect Partner
With Cloud Services Gateway for Google Cloud Partner Interconnect, your office, colocated services, and LAUNCHTM Hybrid and Private cloud services can all be connected directly to Google Cloud for:
- Increased security – your link is your own, and part of your wider defence-in-depth framework
- Lower latency – with a direct, known, short path straight from your service to Google
- Heavily reduced data egress charges – Interconnect enables you to transfer large pools of data between networks, which can be more cost-effective than VPN tunnels or purchasing additional bandwidth over the public Internet
Our Cloud Services Gateway is available from all Intellicentres as well as our Perth and Melbourne PoPs.
Internet
Hosting
The Macquarie Hosting Internet Service provides a high performance, dedicated internet connection tailored for business, content providers and government customers, with choices of port and access bandwidths up to 10Gbps.
The internet service is delivered on a congestion-free, carrier-grade backbone with multiple redundant, high-speed interconnections to Australian Tier 1 content providers and the World Wide Web. Our network backbone uses 10Gbps Ethernet transmission infrastructure that is route-optimised and load-balanced to maximise throughput and performance of your business internet traffic.
Included as standard is DDOS protection. This means volumetric DDOS attacks won’t consume your internet port bandwidth.
Dark Fibre
We’re flexible with fibre providers.
Dark fibre provides customers with the ability to establish secure, private and highly available point-to-point links between their data centre and any other location that is covered by the dark fibre network.
We are carrier agnostic; we will happily work with your current provider to haul in dark fibre and terminate this in your racks. Chances are they’re already connected with us – all the major telcos have a presence in our Data Centres.
We’re a Fibreconx connected data centre.
Our Macquarie Park Data Centre Campus is connected to the Fibreconx dark fibre ring network, connecting data centres across Sydney with pre-provisioned capacity and diverse paths
between data centres.
Proudly Carrier Neutral.
We recognise the critical role of connectivity in driving your business’s success.
Our unwavering commitment to being carrier-neutral ensures that our customers have access to a vast network of over 700 data centres and network providers. This empowers them with unparalleled flexibility and the freedom to choose the options that perfectly align with their unique requirements.
Preferred connection provider
Other Solutions Within Macquarie Technology Group
Desktop to Data Centre
We’re a full service carrier with the highest NPS performance of any telecommunications provider in Australia.
SD-WAN
Connect your branch offices to your data centre with our award winning SD-WAN platform.
Enterprise Ethernet
by Macquarie Telecom.
We’re ready to help you.
End-to-End Solutions
Our consultants can design and deploy full end-to-end connectivity solutions using the latest technology.
Trust in business is subtle and qualitative.
Trust in data centre operations and colocation services is essential.
The Ecosystem of Trust is a complex equation. Read our guide to understand how you should be defining trust in a data centre partnership.
Have a Question?
Our specialists can provide expert advice and guidance for your data centre journey. Our precision and in-depth technical knowledge is perfectly balanced with our humble passion to serve our customers. Fill out the form below or contact us directly via contactus@macquariedatacentres.com
Frequently Asked Questions.
What does carrier-neutral mean?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What is dark fibre?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
Can I connect to international locations from your data centres?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
Why Are AI Data Centres Essential?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
When is a data centre considered AI-ready?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
Why should I choose Data Centres from Macquarie Data Centre?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What is the importance of choosing the location of a data centre?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What types of data centres do you operate?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
Where are your data centres located in Australia and Sydney?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What are the specifications of your facilities?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What security measures do you have in place?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What types of clients typically use your facilities?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What is the total capacity of your data centres?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
Do you have a plan for expanding your data centres in the future?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
How do you ensure redundancy and reliability at your data centres?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What measures are taken by you to ensure the energy efficiency of their facilities?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.
What certifications do your facilities have?
Dark fibre is unused fibre-optic cable that you can “light up” with your own equipment. Think of it as a private, high-speed data highway that’s dedicated just to you. Because no one else is sharing it, you get more control, better security, and the ability to scale bandwidth as your business grows.