Description

Internet Exchanges & CDNs in Australia & New Zealand: Strategic Insights for Data Centres & Cloud Operators

Benchmark the Internet Exchanges & CDNs in Australia & New Zealand interconnection edge.

Australia and New Zealand are at the centre of a digital infrastructure upgrade, as AI workloads, cloud, and video streaming accelerate demand for low-latency, cost-efficient interconnect. This study benchmarks the Internet Exchanges & CDNs in Australia & New Zealand, providing unique intelligence for data centre operators, cloud providers, and investors.

For Data Centre Operators

• 📈 AI Growth = Interconnect Growth: AI training and inference are accelerating demand for high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, and Wellington. Hosting IX nodes and CDN caches positions your facilities as critical AI and cloud hubs, especially as hyperscalers deploy GPU clusters in the region.

• 🌍 Regional Gateways: Australia dominates ANZ interconnection scale, but New Zealand offers a unique differentiator: 100% renewable energy powering its data centres. Operators in Sydney/Melbourne can anchor global cloud workloads, while NZ operators can win on sustainability positioning and disaster recovery redundancy.

• 💡 Anchor Tenants & Partnerships: Strategic opportunities lie in aligning with hyperscaler and CDN edge expansions (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cloudflare, Akamai, Fastly). Data centres that integrate IX platforms (EdgeIX, Megaport, NZIX) or form joint go-to-market plays with telcos (Chorus, Vocus, Telstra, Spark) can capture tenancy growth and cross-connect revenue.

For Cloud Operators

• ⚡ Latency & Edge Performance: Access benchmarking of latency to CDN edges across ANZ—critical for delivering low-latency AI/ML, gaming, and video services.

• 🌐 Optimising Cloud Region Footprints: Insights on which ANZ metros are emerging as secondary hubs beyond Sydney, informing region/zone expansion strategies.

• 📊 Cross-Border Policy Readiness: Understand data localisation rules, CDN taxation, and regulatory risksthat affect cloud deployment and customer compliance.

• 🤝 Peering & Interconnect Planning: Benchmark IX pricing and peer density to optimise hybrid cloud interconnection strategies.

What’s Inside the Report

• Internet Exchange (IX) Landscape

  • Peer counts, aggregate throughput, pricing models, and data centre footprints

  • Opportunities for cloud on-ramps and neutral interconnection growth

• CDN Deployments & Edge Caching

  • Deployment mapping of Akamai, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Cloudflare, Netflix, Bytedance

  • Edge cache placement strategies and latency benchmarks across Australia and New Zealand

• Hyperscaler Expansion & AI Readiness

  • AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, and Tencent edge build-outs

  • Impacts of GPU clusters and AI workloads on interconnect demand

• Cross-Border & Regulatory Impacts

  • Strategic implications for both data centres and cloud operators expanding regionally

  • Data localisation, tax regimes, and cross-border peering restrictions

• Strategic Playbooks

  • Data centres: how to attract IX nodes and AI-driven CDN caches

  • Cloud providers: opportunities for cross-Tasman redundancy and GPU hosting

  • CDNs: case for scaling NZ beyond Auckland; AU regional edge expansion

  • IXs: neutral federation opportunities and pricing competition

Why This Matters

As AI workloads scale, the interconnection layer (IXs + CDNs) determines where compute and content land. The Internet Exchanges & CDNs in Australia & New Zealand ecosystem is smaller than Singapore or Hong Kong, but offers low-carbon energy (NZ) and high growth potential (regional Australia). For data centres and cloud operators, these dynamics shape site selection, peering strategy, and investment risk.

Deliverables

• 45-slide PowerPoint with strategic analysis, benchmarks, and maps

• Excel Dataset with IX peer counts, CDN footprints, latency benchmarks, and pricing data

• Customisation Options – Add other countries such as Japan, Hong Kong or Middle East/Africa for broader benchmarking

Why This Report is a Must-Have

⚡ Whether you’re a data centre operator capturing new interconnect growth or a cloud provider optimising region placement and edge performance, this study delivers the strategic intelligence needed to align with AI-driven demand and interconnection shifts in ANZ.

This product release was published on openPR.

About this report:
1st Edition
Author: Landry Fevre
Publication Date: September 2025
License: Single User

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