Western Australia · network infrastructure
The snapshot records 13 facilities in Western Australia holding 245 network presences across seven cities. NEXTDC P1 in Malaga has 100 networks and NEXTDC P2 has 50. Six exchanges operate in Perth, with IX Australia Perth at 74 participants and EdgeIX Perth at 68.
Internet exchanges in Western Australia
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 |
|---|---|---|
| IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) | Perth | 74 |
| EdgeIX - Perth | Perth | 68 |
| MegaIX Perth | Perth | 61 |
| Equinix Perth | Perth | 27 |
| BGP.Exchange - Perth | Perth | 11 |
| HSIX-WA | Perth | 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 P1 | Málaga | 100 |
| NEXTDC P2 | Perth | 50 |
| Equinix PE2/PE3 - Perth | Shenton Park | 42 |
| Vocus Perth PER01 | Perth | 28 |
| QV.1 Perth | Perth | 11 |
| DCA | Pier DC Tier III | Perth | 5 |
| Fujitsu Malaga | Málaga | 4 |
| Equinix PE1 - Perth | East Perth | 2 |
| aCure | Perth | 1 |
| NEXTDC PH1 | Port Hedland | 1 |
| NEXTDC NE1 | Newman | 1 |
| Geraldton Data Centre | Geraldton | 0 |
| DC West | Perth | 0 |
What a Western Australia IP address tells you
Perth and its immediate suburbs hold everything of size. NEXTDC P1 in Malaga records 100 networks, NEXTDC P2 records 50 and Equinix PE2/PE3 in Shenton Park records 42, with Vocus Perth PER01 at 28. Beyond the Perth area the snapshot records single buildings with one network or none, among them NEXTDC PH1 in Port Hedland, NEXTDC NE1 in Newman and the Geraldton Data Centre. All six exchanges are in Perth, and their participant counts run close together, from 74 at IX Australia Perth down to 27 at Equinix Perth.
An address block reads as Western Australia because the operator holding it published a Western Australian address on its registry record. Geolocation databases copy the registration. Mobile addresses are pooled before they leave the carrier: Telstra announces its mobile subscribers from AS1221, Optus from AS4804 and Vodafone Australia from AS133612, and each one concentrates handsets behind a small set of gateways. A device in Geraldton or Port Hedland can present an address that a database places in Perth, or on the other side of the country.
Read the prefix when the state label carries weight. The origin ASN names the network announcing the route, and the netname and registered address on the covering registry object name its holder. With 245 network presences in the state's facilities and 242 networks peering in Perth, addresses that all report Western Australia can belong to hosting ranges and to carrier gateway ranges, which look nothing alike in use.
Cities in Western Australia with their own page
Mobile carriers in Australia
A mobile address anywhere in Western Australia 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 Western Australia?
The snapshot lists 13 facilities across seven cities, holding 245 network presences. NEXTDC P1 in Malaga has 100 networks, NEXTDC P2 has 50 and Equinix PE2/PE3 in Shenton Park has 42. Remote sites in Port Hedland, Newman and Geraldton have one network or none.
Is there an internet exchange in Western Australia?
Yes. Six exchanges operate in the state, all of them in Perth. IX Australia Perth (WA-IX) counts 74 participants, EdgeIX Perth 68, MegaIX Perth 61 and Equinix Perth 27, so networks in the state can exchange traffic without crossing the country.
Can I get an IP address in Western Australia?
Where an address sits is decided by the operator that registers it, not by a customer request. A block reads as Western Australia when its holder publishes a Western Australian address on the registry object, and mobile addresses usually report a Perth gateway instead of the device location.
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