Two ways to take data centre space
A shared cabinet by the rack unit, or a locked cabinet of your own. Both sit in the same data hall on the same power, cooling and security.
Single server & per-RU
1RU, 2RU and 4RU packages for a single server, firewall or small stack. Includes power, a 1 Gbps copper handoff and an IP address. The cabinet is shared, so attendance is escorted and by arrangement rather than unescorted.
Quarter, half & full racks
9RU, 20RU and 42RU with power allocations from 0.5 kW to 6 kW. Includes a fibre cross connect, your own electronically locked cabinet, and three people inducted free for unescorted 24/7 access.
Either option, from a single rack unit to a full rack — space, power, internet, IP addressing and site access, costed as you choose it.
Why colocate with Caznet?
Three differences that show up on the invoice.
Unlimited, on a 1 Gbps port, with every colocation service. Not an add-on and not metered.
The setup fee is waived in full on a 36-month agreement, whatever the rack size.
No build fee, no installation fee, and no charge for the cabling run to the carrier room. One included per rack.
Carrier neutral — no lock-in on connectivity
Thirteen providers terminate in the building, so connectivity is a cross connect rather than a build. You can re-tender a circuit at renewal, run two carriers side by side for redundancy, or extend a network you already hold — without moving equipment or reopening the rack agreement.
Attendance by a local team
Physical work at your rack — power cycling, cabling, media swaps, receiving hardware, escorting vendors — is performed by Caznet staff based in Adelaide, in business hours and after hours, including with no notice. Remote hands rates and scope →
Operating since 2015
Caznet has run colocation at this facility for over a decade, across education, local government, healthcare, retail and technology customers. Comparable deployments are set out by sector.
Fixed pricing
The rate you sign is the rate for the whole term. The only variables are power drawn above your allocation and any add-on services ordered.
172 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia in the CBD
Operating since 2015. Redundant A+B power from dedicated onsite SAPN transformers, dual UPS and N+1 diesel generators; N+1 precision cooling; VESDA early smoke detection; biometric and swipe-card access with CCTV retained 90 days.
Connectivity & cross connects
Two separate building entries with independent fibre paths, so a carrier can deliver genuinely diverse services to your rack.
Diverse paths into the building
Two separate building entries, front and rear, with independent fibre paths through the building — so a carrier can deliver two services to your rack that do not share a point of entry.
$0 cross connect setup, every time
No build fee, no installation fee, and no charge for the structured cabling run from your rack to the carrier room. One cross connect is included with every rack; further connects are $70 a month.
Connection back to your sites
Dark fibre or managed Ethernet between your premises and the data centre, carried on a private path rather than the public internet.
Beyond the facility: dark fibre or managed Ethernet from 250 Mbps to 100 Gbps between your premises and the data centre, and private connections to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud over Megaport.
Internet and IP transit
Flat-rate at every speed, with no excess usage charge. Unlimited on a quarter, half or full rack; on a per-RU package the included 100 Mbps carries a 2 TB monthly allowance, shaped to 10 Mbps for the rest of the month once reached. The 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps upgrades are unlimited.
Colocation use cases
Data sovereignty & compliance
Where an obligation requires data to remain in a known physical location, a rack in a named Adelaide facility gives a specific address and individually issued credentials.
Cloud cost optimisation
Where workloads are stable and long-running, owned hardware in a data centre can carry a lower total cost of ownership than the equivalent reserved cloud instances, with no egress charges. What colocation and cloud actually cost.
Disaster recovery & business continuity
A rack as a secondary site for replication, offsite backup or failover infrastructure, on power and connectivity independent of the primary location. Councils and multi-site medical practices are typical.
Network edge & low-latency workloads
Suits network edge nodes, VoIP infrastructure and SD-WAN hubs — workloads where latency to the Adelaide carrier ecosystem is material, and where reaching several carriers directly matters.
Server room exit
Colocation moves the power, cooling, fire detection and physical security obligations to a purpose-built facility, and releases floor space held at office rates.
High-density compute
Published full rack allocations run to 6kW, and higher densities can be discussed. This is the usual trigger for workloads that have outgrown the power and cooling available on a standard office circuit.
Colocation vs cloud
Cloud is the better answer for a great many workloads. The distinction that matters is workload stability: the case for colocation strengthens as utilisation becomes predictable and long-running.
| Colocation | Public cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Fixed and predictable | Variable — can spike with usage |
| Hardware ownership | You own the hardware | Provider owns the infrastructure |
| Data sovereignty | Known physical location in Adelaide | May traverse multiple jurisdictions |
| Egress / data transfer fees | None | Charged per GB out |
| Physical access | 24/7 access to your rack | No physical access |
| Latency to Adelaide | Sub-millisecond within the facility | Dependent on region selected |
| Scalability | Hardware procurement required | Instant, API-driven |
| Best suited for | Stable, long-running workloads; compliance-sensitive data; DR secondaries | Variable workloads; rapid scale-up; dev/test environments |
A hybrid position is common: core infrastructure co-located, variable workloads in cloud, joined by a private connection. The cost comparison is worked through in data centre vs cloud: what it actually costs.
100% power availability SLA
Power availability to the rack is covered by a formal Service Level Agreement, with defined service credits where it is not met.
Frequently asked questions
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Once your agreement is signed, rack space can be ready within 2 business days. We provision your access credentials, confirm your power allocation and have everything in place so you can bring equipment in immediately.
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At Caznet's Adelaide CBD facility, a single rack unit is $150 per month ex GST, a quarter rack (9RU) $550, a half rack (20RU) $850 and a full rack (42RU) $1,500. Pricing is set by rack size combined with power allocation, and is fixed for the contract term with no CPI adjustment. Power drawn above the allocation is charged at $350 per kW in 0.5kW blocks. Most Adelaide providers quote on application; these rates are published in full.
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12-month and 36-month agreements. On a 36-month term the setup fee is waived entirely.
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Thirteen providers are on-net: Telstra, Optus, Vocus, TPG, Aussie Broadband, Falcore, SABRENet, Megaport, IX Australia, EdgeIX, Host Universal, Colocity and Caznet. Each is reachable from your rack by single-mode fibre cross connect. One cross connect is included with every rack.
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With a quarter, half or full rack, yes — three people are inducted free per rack, each with 24/7 unescorted access to your own locked cabinet. Per-RU packages sit in a shared cabinet, so attendance there is escorted and by prior arrangement.
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Yes — this is our Remote Hands service. Our Adelaide team can perform physical tasks on your equipment: rebooting servers, swapping cables, inserting media, visual inspections and more. Attendance is billed hourly, with rates and minimums set out on the remote hands page.
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Yes. Space is available by the rack unit — 1RU, 2RU or 4RU in a shared cabinet — from $150 per month ex GST, including power on the A and B feeds, 100 Mbps of internet with 2 TB a month and an IPv4 address. Most Adelaide data centres start at a quarter rack, so a single server or appliance means paying for space that sits empty.
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One where you are free to buy connectivity from any provider present in the building rather than from the operator itself. Thirteen carriers terminate at Caznet's Adelaide CBD facility, along with three internet exchanges, and any of them is reached from your rack by a single-mode fibre cross connect. A provider not currently on-net can also be brought in.
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Many charge a one-off build or installation fee for the cabling run to the carrier room, on top of the monthly cross connect fee. Caznet charges $0 to install, terminate and test, including the structured cabling from your rack to the carrier room. One cross connect is included with every rack; each additional one is $70 per month.
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The facility carries a 100% power availability SLA, backed by dedicated onsite SAPN transformers, dual UPS systems and N+1 diesel generators. The SLA covers power availability to your rack; connectivity SLAs are separate and depend on the services you order.
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The operators with facilities in the Adelaide market are NEXTDC, DCI Data Centers, Equinix, YourDC (now DigiCo), Colocity and Caznet. Most are built around enterprise-scale deployments and quote on application. Caznet operates from 172 Morphett Street in the CBD, publishes its rates in full, and takes deployments from a single rack unit upward.
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