Queensland · network infrastructure
The snapshot records 32 facilities in Queensland holding 295 network presences across 17 cities. Brisbane holds the two densest sites, NEXTDC B1 with 96 networks and NEXTDC B2 with 86. Five exchanges operate in the state, all in Brisbane, MegaIX Brisbane counting 94 participants.
Internet exchanges in Queensland
Exchanges are attributed to the state through the city they sit in, because PeeringDB records a state for facilities but not for exchanges.
| Exchange | City | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| MegaIX Brisbane | Brisbane | 94 |
| IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) | Brisbane | 74 |
| EdgeIX - Brisbane | Brisbane | 53 |
| BGP.Exchange - Brisbane | Brisbane | 10 |
| HSIX-QLD | Brisbane | 1 |
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there.
| Facility | City | Networks present |
|---|---|---|
| NEXTDC B1 | Brisbane | 96 |
| NEXTDC B2 | Fortitude Valley | 86 |
| Equinix BR1 - Brisbane (formerly Metronode Brisbane 1) | Brisbane | 20 |
| Polaris Data Centre | Brisbane | 13 |
| Over the Wire - 100 Wickham | Brisbane | 9 |
| PIPE Networks Brisbane | Brisbane | 7 |
| Host Networks BNE1 | Brisbane | 7 |
| Fujitsu Eight Mile Plains | Brisbane | 7 |
| NEXTDC SC1 | Maroochydore | 7 |
| DigiCo Brisbane BNE1 (iseek LDR1) | Eagle Farm | 6 |
| Nexon Gold Coast DC1 | Gold Coast | 6 |
| Interactive Brisbane | Eight Mile Plains | 6 |
| Syncom S4 | St Leonards | 3 |
| Digital Sense Brisbane | Kenmore | 3 |
| 5GN Brisbane Data Centre (BDC) | Brisbane | 3 |
Showing the 15 facilities with the most networks, of 32 recorded.
What a Queensland IP address tells you
Brisbane and its inner suburbs hold the network presences that count. NEXTDC B1 records 96 networks and NEXTDC B2 in Fortitude Valley records 86, ahead of Equinix BR1 at 20 and the Polaris Data Centre at 13. The record spreads across 17 cities, but the sites beyond Brisbane stay small: NEXTDC SC1 in Maroochydore has seven networks and Nexon Gold Coast DC1 has six. Every exchange in the state is in Brisbane, so regional traffic travels to the capital to peer.
An address block reads as Queensland because the operator holding it published a Queensland address on its registry record, and geolocation databases follow that record rather than any measurement. Mobile addresses are aggregated before they reach the internet. Telstra announces its mobile subscribers from AS1221, Optus from AS4804 and Vodafone Australia from AS133612, and each carrier concentrates handsets behind regional gateways. A device in Maroochydore or on the Gold Coast can present an address that databases place in Brisbane, or in another state.
Read the prefix when the state label has to hold up. The origin ASN says which network announces the route, and the netname and registered address on the covering object say who holds it. The 295 network presences and 232 peering networks recorded here sit under one state label while behaving very differently, and only the registry object tells a colocation range apart from a carrier gateway range.
Cities in Queensland with their own page
Mobile carriers in Australia
A mobile address anywhere in Queensland is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
How many data centres are in Queensland?
The snapshot lists 32 facilities across 17 cities, holding 295 network presences. NEXTDC B1 in Brisbane has 96 networks and NEXTDC B2 in Fortitude Valley has 86. Sites outside the capital, such as NEXTDC SC1 in Maroochydore and Nexon Gold Coast DC1, hold single-digit counts.
Is there an internet exchange in Queensland?
Yes. Five exchanges operate in the state and each one is in Brisbane. MegaIX Brisbane counts 94 participants, IX Australia Brisbane (QLD-IX) 74 and EdgeIX Brisbane 53. Networks elsewhere in Queensland carry traffic to Brisbane to peer.
Can I get an IP address in Queensland?
Placement follows the operator's address registration rather than a customer's choice of state. A block reads as Queensland when its holder publishes a Queensland address on the registry object. Mobile addresses generally report the carrier gateway, which sits in Brisbane for much of the state.
Sources
- PeeringDB - facilities, network presence and exchange participants, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - the operators routing mobile addresses in this country