Ironclad Equity Advisory is the independent intermediary for enterprises seeking premium Australian data centre capacity — from 1MW initial deployments to 25MW+ hyperscale expansions.
Sydney prime power capacity is 65–80% committed. Available 6MW+ slots are absorbed at 2–3 per quarter. Act now.
Ironclad Equity Advisory is an Australian-based strategic consultancy specialising in AI infrastructure procurement, data centre strategy, and foreign enterprise market entry. We act exclusively on behalf of our clients — never operators.
Our team brings deep transaction experience across colocation procurement, hyperscale pre-lease negotiations, power capacity reservations, and cross-border infrastructure investment — with particular depth in the Asia-Pacific corridor.
End-to-end operator selection, RFP, and contract negotiation.
GPU cluster design, liquid cooling strategy, capacity planning.
FIRB, ASIC registration, ABN, banking, and AU entity setup.
Privacy Act compliance, AI risk frameworks, board advisory.
Four practice areas. One objective: position your enterprise at the centre of Australia's AI infrastructure boom.
We identify, evaluate, and secure premium Australian colocation capacity for your AI workloads. From 1MW retail to 25MW+ hyperscale — with contractually-reserved expansion pathways built in from day one.
Technical advisory for GPU cluster deployments, liquid cooling architecture, network design, and power planning. We translate your AI engineering requirements into operator specifications that get built correctly the first time.
End-to-end coordination for enterprises entering Australia for the first time. We manage FIRB assessment, ASIC company registration, ABN/GST setup, banking relationships, and AML compliance in parallel — not sequentially.
Australian Privacy Act compliance, automated decision-making disclosure (APP 1.3 — mandatory from December 2026), and AI risk frameworks. For enterprises deploying AI that affects Australian individuals, compliance is not optional.
We lead all operator negotiations directly. Rate structures, SLA penalties, expansion rights, step-in clauses, and exit provisions. Our benchmark data from comparable transactions means we negotiate with real pricing anchors — not guesswork.
Monthly advisory covering SLA performance monitoring, capacity planning, regulatory intelligence, and operator relationship management. We remain your trusted infrastructure counsel throughout the full lifecycle — not just at deal close.
Most enterprises attempting to procure Australian data centre capacity independently spend 9–18 months navigating the market. Ironclad Equity's structured process compresses that to 90 days — with better commercial outcomes.
We conduct a structured 2-day brief with your engineering and operations leads — capturing IT load, cooling type, network requirements, compliance constraints, and the expansion pathway you need contractually reserved from day one.
We contact all major operators directly — not via public RFP portals. Our operator relationships mean we get real inventory data, not marketing PDFs. We verify live capacity against your specification in real time.
We score each qualifying operator across 10 weighted criteria — cooling density, uptime track record, expansion headroom, financial stability, network ecosystem, and contract flexibility. You receive a scored shortlist report with a clear, evidence-based recommendation.
We lead all negotiations — rate, SLA structure, power cost treatment, expansion rights, and exit provisions. Our benchmark data from comparable recent transactions gives us hard anchors to negotiate against, not published rate cards.
We coordinate your Australian legal counsel through MSA review — flagging non-market terms before they become signed obligations. You execute directly with the operator. We ensure the Phase 2 expansion reservation is locked simultaneously with Phase 1.
Post-execution we manage fit-out coordination, network provisioning, and your first 90-day operational period. On retainer, we provide monthly SLA reviews, capacity planning, and regulatory monitoring for the full infrastructure lifecycle.
Every other party in a data centre transaction is incentivised by a commission from the operator. We are not. That changes everything.
We engage enterprise sales and C-suite contacts at every major AU operator — not their standard commercial queue. Our briefs are treated as priority, qualified demand.
We maintain live visibility into uncommitted capacity across the major operators — information that is not publicly available and is never disclosed through standard RFP processes.
We have specific experience navigating FIRB, ASIC entity setup, and data sovereignty requirements for Greater China enterprises — reducing market entry from 18 months to 90 days.
Our fees are tied to delivered outcomes — shortlist report, executed MSA, live deployment. No retainer until go-live. No padding. You pay for results, not process.
We do not move until we understand your operational requirements better than your own engineering team. We do not sign off on a recommendation until we have validated it against live operator capacity data. We do not send an invoice until you are live.
Available 6MW+ slots in Sydney are being absorbed at 2–3 per quarter. The best facilities at the best rates go to clients who move first. Send us a brief and we will respond within 24 hours.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
79 683 225 854
Tell us your capacity requirement and we will respond with availability and indicative pricing within 24 hours.
We will review your requirements and respond within 24 business hours with operator availability and indicative pricing.