Microsoft · Australia
Microsoft Cawley Road (MEL04)
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Also recorded as: MEL4 · Cawley Road Building One
Melbourne, VIC · facility
- Facility type
- hyperscale
- Location evidence
- Corroborated site location
- Research status
- Profile reviewed · 75% core-field coverage
Core-field coverage counts eight basic fields available in the Atlas. It is not an accuracy score or a measure of technical specification completeness. Individual evidence checks appear below.
Evidence by field
Evidence status applies to the named field and cited sources. “Not found” means those sources do not establish the fact; it does not establish absence.
- Address Source checked
- The Urban Developer and DCD (March 2022) report the MEL4 development at 20-28 Cawley Road, Yarraville; Microsoft's project page names Cawley Road.Checked 2026-11-03 · The Urban Developer (Ted Tabet) ↗ · Data Center Dynamics (Dan Swinhoe) ↗ · Microsoft Local (Microsoft in Your Community) ↗
- Coordinates Source checked
- Building tagged 'Microsoft MEL04' at house number 20-28, Cawley Road, Yarraville matches the reported address. Numbered address or named building matched through OpenStreetMap; not a surveyed boundary or guaranteed entrance. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).Checked 2026-11-03 · The Urban Developer (Ted Tabet) ↗ · Data Center Dynamics (Dan Swinhoe) ↗ · Microsoft Local (Microsoft in Your Community) ↗ · OpenStreetMap contributors ↗
- Status Source checked
- Operational per Microsoft, February 2025; a June 2026 notice describes on-site generators supporting ongoing operations.Checked 2026-11-03 · Microsoft Local (Microsoft in Your Community) ↗
20-28 Cawley Road, Yarraville, VIC, 3013
Checked 2026-11-03 · Site coordinates verified
Building tagged 'Microsoft MEL04' at house number 20-28, Cawley Road, Yarraville matches the reported address. Numbered address or named building matched through OpenStreetMap; not a surveyed boundary or guaranteed entrance. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0).
Open this address in maps ↗Capacity & development
Power basis not established · Source as of 2025-02
Microsoft's February 2025 update states construction of Building One is complete and it is now operational. Capacity is not disclosed.
Government certification
Certification not verified
No verified certification scope has been assigned to this record. Unknown does not mean uncertified.
What certification covers →Scope and context
- The directory links this entry to Microsoft Cawley Road Campus. It shares a grouped site boundary with its reported parent; a hosted provider or child building is not counted as another independent site.
- First listed from a public Data Center Map listing; identity, address and lifecycle have since been checked against the operator, planning and news sources cited on this record.
Compute, workloads & commercial commitments
Site-specific workloads, GPU inventory and customer contracts are not established by the cited evidence. Electrical capacity and AI-ready specifications alone do not establish these details.
Explore demand, compute types and commitments →Evidence trail
- Microsoft Cawley Road (MEL04): directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 10147; overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- Microsoft Lodges Plans for $150m Inner-City Data Centre ↗
The Urban Developer (Ted Tabet) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2022-03-22
Paragraphs 2 and 6 of article
- Microsoft planning data centers in Melbourne, Australia ↗
Data Center Dynamics (Dan Swinhoe) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2022-03-22
Paragraphs 3-5 of article
- Cawley Road datacentre project overview ↗
Microsoft Local (Microsoft in Your Community) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2022-10-26
Sections 'February 2025 / Building One', 'June 2026', lead paragraph and 'October 2022'; Sections 'February 2025 / Building Two', 'May 2023 / Building Two' and 'September 2026 / Planned generator schedule'
- Microsoft Cawley Road (MEL04): OpenStreetMap way 1299071579 ↗
OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 2026-11-03
Nominatim search result; way 1299071579; latitude -37.8225424, longitude 144.8588443. Checked 3 November 2026.