Vocus Communications · Australia
TransACT House
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Also recorded as: TransACT Telehouse · Vocus - TransACT House Dickson
Canberra, ACT · facility
- Facility type
- colocation
- 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.
- Certification Source checked
- Vocus, TransACT House Dickson: only the named Certified Strategic enclave. This is not certification of the whole building or its MW.Checked 2026-09-22 · Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs ↗
- Address Source checked
- The Australian Government Hosting Certification Framework register lists 'Vocus - TransACT House Dickson'; an ACT Government contact record on business.gov.au gives Transact House as 470 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson ACT 2602. The join between the facility name and the street number runs across two government sources.Checked 2026-11-03 · Australian Business Licence and Information Service (business.gov.au) / ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate ↗ · Hosting Certification Framework (Australian Government, hostingcertification.gov.au) ↗
- Coordinates Source checked
- Building tagged 'TransACT Telehouse' at house number 470, Northbourne Avenue, Dickson matches the government-recorded 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 · Australian Business Licence and Information Service (business.gov.au) / ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate ↗ · Hosting Certification Framework (Australian Government, hostingcertification.gov.au) ↗ · OpenStreetMap contributors ↗
- Status Source checked
- Current HCF register listing supports an operating facility; no capacity or commissioning date is disclosed.Checked 2026-11-03 · Hosting Certification Framework (Australian Government, hostingcertification.gov.au) ↗
470 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson, ACT, 2602
Checked 2026-11-03 · Site coordinates verified
Building tagged 'TransACT Telehouse' at house number 470, Northbourne Avenue, Dickson matches the government-recorded 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
Listed as a current certified data centre facility on the Hosting Certification Framework register. The register does not disclose capacity.
Government certification
Certified Strategic enclave
Vocus, TransACT House Dickson: only the named Certified Strategic enclave. This is not certification of the whole building or its MW.
What certification covers →Scope and context
- 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.
- Former TransACT telehouse. TPG Telecom's Enterprise, Government and Wholesale fixed business, including its data centres, passed to Vocus on 31 July 2025 (ACCC market inquiries letter, 18 November 2024; Vocus completion announcement, 31 July 2025).
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
- TransACT House: directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 2117; overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- Natural Earth populated places, 1:10m ↗
Natural Earth · checked 2026-09-10
Australia and New Zealand populated-place features
- Hosting Certification Framework: Certified Service Providers ↗
Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs · checked 2026-09-22
Data Centre facilities: Certified Strategic Facility and Certified Strategic Enclave lists; reform notice
- Regulated Utility Service Operating Certificate - Australian Capital Territory ↗
Australian Business Licence and Information Service (business.gov.au) / ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate · checked 2026-11-03
Contact details table for 'Utilities Technical Regulation, Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate' > Operating address
- Certified Service Providers ↗
Hosting Certification Framework (Australian Government, hostingcertification.gov.au) · checked 2026-11-03
Section 'Data Centre facilities' > 'Service Provider and Certified Strategic Enclave' bulleted list, last item
- TransACT House: OpenStreetMap way 50637197 ↗
OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 2026-11-03
Nominatim search result; way 50637197; latitude -35.2517093, longitude 149.1344703. Checked 3 November 2026.
- Request for submissions: Vocus' proposed acquisition of TPG's fixed line enterprise, government and wholesale business (Market Inquiries Letter) ↗
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (public mergers register) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2024-11-18
Attachment A > 'TPG' > 'The assets that Vocus is proposing to acquire from TPG include', first bullet; Attachment A > 'TPG' > assets to be acquired, first bullet