Vocus Communications · Australia
Vocus Data Centre - Glebe
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Also recorded as: AAPT Forest Lodge data centre · 30 Ross Street
Sydney, NSW · 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.
- Address Source checked
- iTnews (13 September 2023) and The Sydney Morning Herald (5 September 2023) place the AAPT data centre at 30 Ross Street, Forest Lodge; the locality is Forest Lodge on the Glebe boundary.Checked 2026-11-03 · iTnews ↗ · The Sydney Morning Herald ↗
- Coordinates Source checked
- Commercial building at house number 30, Ross Street, Forest Lodge 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 · iTnews ↗ · The Sydney Morning Herald ↗ · OpenStreetMap contributors ↗
- Status Source checked
- Operating status rests on the 2023 lease reporting and the 2025 transfer to Vocus; no capacity is disclosed.Checked 2026-11-03 · iTnews ↗ · Vocus (vocus.com.au news) ↗
30 Ross Street, Forest Lodge, NSW, 2037
Checked 2026-11-03 · Site coordinates verified
Commercial building at house number 30, Ross Street, Forest Lodge 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 2023-09-13
TPG Telecom held a 15-year lease with a further 10-year option and intended to keep using the facility after the 2023 building sale; the EG&W business passed to Vocus on 31 July 2025. No later operating statement was found.
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
- 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 AAPT Forest Lodge data centre. 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
- Vocus Data Centre - Glebe: directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 760; location, overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- TPG Telecom puts Forest Lodge data centre on the market ↗
iTnews · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2023-09-13
Paragraphs 1-2 and 4
- TPG-leased site to test city fringe data centre demand ↗
The Sydney Morning Herald · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2023-09-05
Paragraph 2
- Vocus Data Centre - Glebe: OpenStreetMap way 690996860 ↗
OpenStreetMap contributors · checked 2026-11-03
Nominatim search result; way 690996860; latitude -33.8832038, longitude 151.1826709. 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
- Vocus completes acquisition of TPG Telecom's EGW fixed business and fibre assets ↗
Vocus (vocus.com.au news) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2025-07-31
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