NEXTDC Data Centre, Perth Building Project, Australia Architecture Photos
NEXTDC Data Centre ? P2 Perth
15 Feb 2021
NEXTDC Data Centre
Design: Hames Sharley
Location: Perth, Western Australia

Data centres represent a very utilitarian aspect of the built environment, and yet they compose a particular kind of infrastructure within contemporary society, one where form must follow function.

Hames Sharley was selected as a partner, supporting NEXTDC in the successful delivery of Perth?s first Tier IV data centre (P2), just one of the new developments for the data centre operator across the country.

NEXTDC is Australia?s most trusted and highly interconnected platform of premium colocation data centres. Housing the country?s largest and most comprehensive ecosystem of >640 clouds, networks and specialist IT services providers.
Based in the Perth CBD, P2 forms an important digital interconnectivity hub, offering appropriate supporting infrastructure to deliver critical connectivity, front of house facilities, world-class security, a delivery area, storage and staging rooms and client parking and access. The newly built facility consists of over 10,000 sqm of technical space and 10 high density compute data halls.

Built to meet the increasing needs of today?s digital economy, the key moves and design principles consisted of:

? Integration with the existing site conditions and infrastructure

? Breakout spaces to the street for additional façade activation and improvement of ...