BEST PRACTICES AWARDS

2026 Frost & Sullivan
Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

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Frost & Sullivan recognised NEXTDC for its Competitive Strategy Leadership in Australia's data centre services industry, highlighting our ability to anticipate changing market requirements and translate strategy into disciplined execution. The report recognises our AI-ready digital infrastructure platform, integrated connectivity, sustainability-led engineering and ecosystem scale, noting that we are delivering infrastructure with the speed, scale, security, sovereignty and sustainability organisations need to thrive in the AI era.

Why Frost & Sullivan chose NEXTDC

    • Built for speed and scale – AI-ready infrastructure, continued investment ahead of demand and a national platform engineered to support rapid growth and high-performance workloads.
    • Designed for security and sovereignty – Certified, resilient digital infrastructure combining operational excellence, integrated connectivity and trusted Australian infrastructure.
    • Engineered for sustainability – Sustainability embedded into infrastructure design through energy-efficient engineering, advanced cooling and responsible resource management that support long-term performance.

Why this matters (what Frost & Sullivan highlights customers experience)

    • Operational certainty – Resilient, interconnected infrastructure designed to reduce complexity, strengthen reliability and support mission-critical operations.
    • Future readiness – AI-ready engineering, integrated connectivity and scalable infrastructure that enable organisations to adapt as technology and business requirements evolve.
    • Strategic advantage – An open digital infrastructure ecosystem, integrated platform and disciplined execution that help customers innovate faster, scale confidently and focus on growth.

Download the Frost & Sullivan 2026 Competitive Strategy Leadership report to discover why NEXTDC is recognised for delivering Australia's leading AI-ready digital infrastructure platform and creating long-term customer value through operational certainty, future readiness and strategic advantage.

Download the Frost & Sullivan Award Report

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NEXTDC strengthens stakeholder integration and customer experience through a partner-first model that positions its data centers as enabling platforms rather than standalone colocation assets.

- Ojaswi Rana
Best Practices Research Analyst

Why customers colocate with us

Curious to know what makes NEXTDC a standout in the data centre industry?

 
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Highest global certification standards

As Australia’s most cloud-connected and cloud-enabled data centre network, we offer greater choice at the lowest latency to ensure you drive more out of your cloud investments.
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Industry leading PUE levels

NEXTDC is a clearly the industry leader in Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), with sustainable free air-side cooling that reduces power consumption.
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Enhanced experience

NEXTDC's ONEDC® data centre intelligence cloud platform enables customers to get a 360-degree view their data centre utilisation, removing administrative burden.
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Low latency

NEXTDC provide a low latency promise to organisations across regional and metro areas Australia-wide. NEXTDC are committed to providing high-performing colocation services to achieve digital transformation and desired business outcomes.
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Sustainability

With NEXTDC's customer centric corporate philosophy, NEXTDC holds sustainability as one of its core values in all aspects of its business, from zero-waste requirements to 100% carbon offsets.