Micron21
Micron21 is a privately held Australian data centre and cloud provider operating Australia's first Tier IV certified facility, offering mCloud (OpenStack/Ceph compute, storage, GPUaaS), colocation, dedicated servers, security, and connectivity to enterprise, government, and SMB customers across Australia and Asia-Pacific.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2009
- HeadquartersKilsyth, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Micron21 does
Micron21 is an Australian privately held data centre and cloud services provider headquartered in Kilsyth South, Victoria, founded in 2009 by James Braunegg. It operates Australia's first and only Tier IV certified (Uptime Institute) facility, with two additional Melbourne-area data centres (Melbourne CBD and Port Melbourne) forming a 3N real-time replication architecture on independent power grids, and an $8 million Kilsyth facility upgrade completed in 2016. The company owns and operates 100% of its infrastructure, including a 100 Gbps Cisco Nexus 9K leaf-and-spine fabric, NVMe storage, and an in-house DDoS mitigation platform built on A10, Juniper SRX, NSFOCUS, and Brocade technology.
Its core product is mCloud, a next-generation OpenStack- and Ceph-based cloud platform launched in 2024 that exposes mCompute (cloud compute), mSAN (clustered Ceph storage with five variants including Performance NVMe, Geo Diverse NVMe, and encrypted storage), mGPU (GPUaaS with NVIDIA A10, A100, RTX A6000, H100, and H200), and mBackup (offsite backup over dark fibre). The portfolio also spans dedicated bare-metal servers, colocation (1RU to full rack), web/email hosting, domain registration as an accredited .auDA registrar, IP transit, dark fibre, point-to-point fibre, and a layered security stack (DDoS protection, network firewalls, WAF, IDPS, vulnerability scanning, SOC).
Micron21 monetizes through subscription-based recurring revenue across cloud, colocation, dedicated servers, hosting, and managed services, complemented by professional services (solution architecture, penetration testing, migration). Pricing tiers range from low-margin commodity offerings (domains at A$9.25-$19.69/year, Raspberry Pi free tier) up to enterprise contracts (NVIDIA H200 at A$4,380/month, 1 Gbps fibre at A$2,550/month, 12-month customer care commitments). It sells to enterprise and government (via IRAP-assessed cloud) through direct field sales, to SMB through self-service web portal, and to ISPs/resellers through wholesale and white-label channels, with distribution coverage across Australia, USA, Singapore, and Europe via six POPs.
Micron21 firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Micron21
- Legal name
- Micron 21 Data Centre Pty Ltd
- Website
- https://micron21.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2009
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Micron21 is a privately held Australian data centre and cloud provider operating Australia's first Tier IV certified facility, offering mCloud (OpenStack/Ceph compute, storage, GPUaaS), colocation, dedicated servers, security, and connectivity to enterprise, government, and SMB customers across Australia and Asia-Pacific.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Micron21 industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Cloud & Data Centre Infrastructure Services
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)
- SIC
- Computer Storage Devices (3572), Services-Computer Rental & Leasing (7377), Computer Communications Equipment (3576)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Edge Colocation & Micro Data Centers (HDABACAI)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Modular & Prefabricated Data Centers (HDABACAH)
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Where Micron21 is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Kilsyth
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices3 records
Markets served
Micron21 business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Cloud Services (mCloud): Subscription-based cloud compute, storage, and GPU services through the mCloud platform. Includes configurable vCPUs, RAM, GPU support, and high availability features. Billed monthly with usage-based options for bandwidth and storage.
- Data Centre Colocation: Rack space rental from 1RU to full rack colocation in Tier IV facility. Options include 1RU, 2RU, per RU, and full rack colocation with power, cooling, and network connectivity included.
- Dedicated Servers: Bare metal dedicated physical servers including compute, storage, and GPU dedicated servers. Intel XEON Gold CPUs, NVMe SSD storage, configurable to customer requirements.
- Security Services: DDoS protection, network firewalls, web application firewalls (WAF), SSL certificates, DNS application firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, vulnerability scanning, and security operations center (SOC) services.
- Networking Services: IP transit, dark fibre solutions, point-to-point fibre, fast business internet, Bayswater Business Precinct fibre connectivity, managed network devices, and load balancing services.
- Web Hosting & Email: Shared web hosting, reseller hosting, Windows/ASP.NET hosting, hosted exchange email, email security, and domain name registration services.
- Domain Names: Domain registration and management for .au, .com, .net, .org, .co, .sydney TLDs. Accredited .auDA registrar offering competitive pricing.
- Customer Care Plans: Tiered support packages (Essentials, Management, Comprehensive, Total Care) providing dedicated support hours, account management, and proactive monitoring.
- Professional Services: Solution architecture, migration services, penetration testing, security audits, and Red Hat OpenShift implementation services.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Monthly | NVIDIA A10 GPU Cloud - Entry-level GPU compute |
| Subscription | Monthly | NVIDIA A100 GPU Cloud - Mid-range AI/HPC GPU |
| Subscription | Monthly | NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPU Cloud - Workstation-class GPU |
| Subscription | Monthly | NVIDIA H100 GPU Cloud - Enterprise AI GPU |
| Subscription | Monthly | NVIDIA H200 GPU Cloud - Next-gen AI/HPC GPU |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Layer 2 Point-to-Point Fibre - 10 Mbps |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Layer 2 Point-to-Point Fibre - 100 Mbps |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Layer 2 Point-to-Point Fibre - 1 Gbps |
| Subscription | Annual | .au direct Domain Registration |
| Subscription | Annual | .com.au Domain Registration |
| Subscription | Annual | .com Domain Registration |
| Freemium | Monthly | Raspberry Pi Co-Location - Free Tier |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Customer Care Plans |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels9 records
Micron21 product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Micron21 owns and operates Australia's first Tier IV certified data centre in Melbourne, providing cloud compute, storage, GPU-as-a-Service, colocation, dedicated servers, DDoS protection, web/email hosting, domain registration and network connectivity services built on its OpenStack- and Ceph-based mCloud platform.
Product overview
Micron21 operates as a comprehensive cloud and data centre solutions provider built around its mCloud platform. The core mCloud platform, built on OpenStack and Ceph, provides cloud compute, storage (mSAN), GPU-as-a-Service (mGPU), and backup (mBackup) services with 3N real-time replication across three geographically dispersed Melbourne data centres. The company offers a portfolio of security services including DDoS protection, network firewalls, web application firewalls, DNS application firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention, vulnerability scanning, bot protection, and 24/7 Security Operations Center. Infrastructure services include dedicated servers (compute, storage, GPU), colocation, web hosting, email hosting, domain registration, IP transit, dark fibre, and point-to-point fibre solutions. Managed services encompass solution architecture, service monitoring, network management, and customer care plans. The company also offers Red Hat OpenShift as a managed container platform. All services are delivered from Australia's first Tier IV certified data centre in Melbourne.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- mCloud: Micron21's enterprise cloud platform offering high availability, multi-site redundancy, and full API access. Built on OpenStack and Ceph for cloud compute, storage, and GPU-as-a-Service.
Products and services
- mCloud Enterprise cloud platform built on OpenStack and Ceph providing high-availability, multi-site redundancy, and full API/CLI access with configurable vCPUs, RAM and GPU support, and geographic replication across three Melbourne data centres. For enterprises and government needing mission-critical cloud infrastructure.
- mSAN Enterprise-grade clustered Ceph storage with 3N real-time replication across three geographically dispersed Melbourne data centres, offered in five variants: Performance NVMe, Standard Hybrid, Bulk SAS, Geo Diverse NVMe, and Performance NVMe Encrypted.
- mGPU (Neocloud & GPUaaS) GPU-as-a-Service offering powered by NVIDIA GPUs (A10, A100, RTX A6000, H100, H200) with GPU passthrough technology providing near-native performance for deep learning, HPC, and data analytics workloads.
- mBackup Secure offsite backup platform with data backed up over Micron21's internal high-speed network to a 33km geographically separated offsite storage facility using encrypted storage.
- Red Hat OpenShift Managed Red Hat OpenShift service on mCloud providing a Kubernetes-based container platform for designing, building, deploying, and running cloud-native workloads with CI/CD, serverless, and service mesh capabilities.
- DDoS Protection World-class Australian-built DDoS mitigation platform protecting networks from Layer 3 to 7 attacks with data sovereignty and low latency, protecting some of Australia's largest networks.
- Network Firewalls High-end Juniper SRX Series firewalls with deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention system (IPS), and unified threat management including antivirus, anti-spam, and content filtering.
- Web Application Firewalls (WAF) Web application firewall protection for cloud hosting and server environments against application-layer attacks.
- DNS Application Firewalls A10-based DNS Application Firewall providing an intelligent barrier that filters all DNS requests to mitigate attacks without blocking legitimate requests or slowing DNS performance.
- SSL Certificates SSL certificate services for securing web traffic and enabling HTTPS on customer websites and applications.
- Load Balancing Premium load balancing based on A10 AX 64-bit hardware load-balancers with ASIC controllers supporting Layer 4-7 server load balancing, SSL acceleration, and high availability configurations.
- Geographically High Availability IP Geo-redundant IP service enabling load balancing between locations with Active-Standby or Active-Active configurations across two or more geographically separate data centres with transparent failover.
- Raspberry Pi Co-Location Free co-location service for Australian Raspberry Pi users providing fully redundant 2N A and B power allocation with 99.9% SLA and 10GB DDoS-protected bandwidth.
- Virtual Private Servers (VPS) Virtual private server hosting for small to medium businesses with configurable resources, high availability options, and optional geographic replication.
- Dedicated Servers Physical bare metal dedicated servers with Intel Xeon Gold CPUs, NVMe SSD storage, and enterprise-grade performance for compute, storage, and GPU workloads.
- GPU Dedicated Servers Dedicated bare metal servers equipped with NVIDIA GPUs for GPU-accelerated workloads requiring dedicated physical hardware.
- Storage Dedicated Servers Dedicated storage servers optimized for high-capacity storage workloads with NVMe SSD configurations.
- Colocation Tier IV certified data centre colocation services offering 1 RU, 2 RU, per RU, and full rack options with 100% uptime guarantee.
- Web Hosting Cloud web hosting services including shared, budget, reseller, and Windows/ASP.NET hosting with anti-virus protection, unmetered bandwidth, automatic backups, and free SSL certificates.
- Email Hosting Enterprise-grade hosted email services including Hosted Exchange with 50GB Standard mailboxes, Basic 2GB mailboxes, and Email Security solutions.
- Domain Names Domain registration and management services as an accredited .auDA registrar offering .com.au, .net.au, .com, .net, .au direct, and other TLDs.
- IP Transit Global IP transit services with over 700 Gbit of global capacity connecting to nearly 2,000 networks worldwide.
- Dark Fibre Solutions Dedicated dark fibre connectivity solutions for point-to-point high-speed connections between Micron21 data centres and customer locations.
- Point-to-Point Fibre Solutions Layer 2 dedicated fibre connections from 10 Mbps to 1000 Mbps with symmetrical speeds and 1:1 contention ratio to Micron21 Kilsyth Data Centre.
- Penetration Testing & Security Audits Professional penetration testing and security audit services to assess and improve customer security posture.
- Security Operations Center (SOC) 24/7 security operations centre providing continuous monitoring and incident response for customer environments.
- Customer Care Plans Three-tiered customer care plans (Essentials, Management, Comprehensive) providing allocated support hours per month, with a Total Care package offering 10 hours and a dedicated account manager.
Quantifiable outcome
- 100% uptime SLA backed availability
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Micron21
Customer profileNamed customers7 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Micron21 technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration7 records
AI capability2 records
Feature8 records
Micron21 partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- Blue IoTcoreKey supporter during Tier IV certification journey. Blue IoT's CIO Bob Sharon interviewed CEO James Braunegg on the journey towards Tier IV certification.
- BrocadecoreKey supporter during Tier IV certification journey. Brocade provided networking technology for edge routers that identify and sustain legitimate traffic in DDoS protection stack.
- Cummins Power GenerationcoreKey supporter during Tier IV certification journey. Provided power generation infrastructure for data centre's 3N redundant diesel generator backup.
- DellcoreKey supporter during Tier IV certification journey. Dell provided server and storage hardware for data centre infrastructure.
- Uptime InstitutecoreAwarded Tier IV Fault Tolerant Design Certification after rigorous evaluation of mechanical, electrical, structural, and site elements. Uptime Institute is the global authority on data centre certification.
- Vertiv CorporationcoreKey supporter during Tier IV certification journey. Vertiv provided critical infrastructure equipment for power and cooling systems.
- NSFOCUScorePartnership with NSFOCUS to implement DDoS protection solutions. NSFOCUS ADS (Anti-DDoS System) uses multi-stage approach to monitoring, detecting, and mitigating complex DDoS attacks. Algorithms include Anti-spoofing, Protocol Analysis, Custom Application Analysis, User Behavior Analysis, Dynamic Fingerprint Recognition, and Rate Limiting.
- Juniper NetworkscoreJuniper SRX Series firewalls provide deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention system (IPS), and unified threat management (UTM) for enterprise security services.
- CiscocoreCisco networking hardware including Nexus 9K switches for 100 Gbps leaf and spine architecture, and VXLAN fabric for storage networking. Staff are Cisco accredited.
- NVIDIAcoreNVIDIA provides GPU technology for mCloud GPU-as-a-Service: A10, A100, RTX A6000, H100, and H200 Tensor Core GPUs for AI, ML, and HPC workloads.
- Red HatcoreMicron21 offers Red Hat OpenShift as a managed service on mCloud platform. Provides consistent foundation for hybrid and multi-cloud deployment.
- IntelcoreIntel Xeon Gold CPUs power dedicated storage nodes and compute infrastructure. High core counts and advanced features optimized for data centre performance.
- A10 NetworkscoreA10 AX Series hardware load balancers for DDoS protection, SSL offload, and application delivery. Provides millions of layer 4 connections per second and comprehensive load balancing features.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Micron21 competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Equinix: Global colocation and interconnection operator with Australian presence (Sydney, Melbourne). Overlaps directly on colocation and network-dense services but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS): Global hyperscaler with Australian regions (Sydney, Melbourne). Competes with mCloud across IaaS, GPUaaS, and managed services with materially greater scale and breadth.
- Digital Realty: Global data centre REIT operating large-scale colocation and hyperscale facilities including in Australia. Competes for enterprise colocation workloads with broader global footprint and capital access.
- Microsoft Azure: Global hyperscaler operating Australian regions competing across compute, AI, and managed services. Microsoft's IRAP-assessed Australian offerings overlap Micron21's government-eligible cloud positioning.
Direct peers
- Zettagrid: Australian IaaS cloud provider delivering virtual data centre, backup, and DR services to mid-market Australian customers. Closely comparable in scale, target customer, and sovereign-Australian cloud positioning.
- Macquarie Cloud Services: Australian sovereign cloud and colocation provider serving government and enterprise with similar data sovereignty and compliance-led positioning. Closest direct competitor in the 'Australian-owned hyperscaler alternative' category.
- NextDC: ASX-listed Australian data centre operator with facilities across multiple capital cities offering colocation and interconnection services. Comparable core colocation business and Australian enterprise/government customer base, though materially larger scale.
- Vocus Communications: Australian telecommunications and fibre network operator offering cloud, colocation, and connectivity services. Comparable mix of network and managed infrastructure targeting Australian enterprise customers.
- Datacom: Australia/NZ-headquartered IT services and cloud provider with data centre operations, managed services, and cloud offerings. Similar mid-market enterprise/government orientation in Australia/NZ.
- Canberra Data Centres (CDC): Australian data centre provider specialising in government and secure-cloud workloads with multiple certifications. Direct comparison on certified, compliance-led Australian data centre services.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance8 records
Micron21 financial estimates
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Micron21 leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Micron21 funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Micron21 M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Micron21
What does Micron21 do?
Micron21 owns and operates Australia's first Tier IV certified data centre in Melbourne, providing cloud compute, storage, GPU-as-a-Service, colocation, dedicated servers, DDoS protection, web/email hosting, domain registration and network connectivity services built on its OpenStack- and Ceph-based mCloud platform.
Is Micron21 a public or private company?
Micron21 is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Micron21 founded?
Micron21 was founded in 2009. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Micron21 based?
Micron21 is headquartered in Kilsyth, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does Micron21 make money?
Nine revenue lines are on record. Cloud Services (mCloud) is the primary driver. The others are data Centre Colocation, dedicated Servers, security Services, networking Services, web Hosting & Email, domain Names, customer Care Plans and professional Services.
Who are Micron21's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Equinix, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Digital Realty and Microsoft Azure. Direct peers are Zettagrid, Macquarie Cloud Services, NextDC, Vocus Communications, Datacom and Canberra Data Centres (CDC).
Does Micron21 have an API?
Yes. mCloud offers API and CLI access for developers to programmatically manage cloud resources. The platform provides OpenStack-based API access for infrastructure automation, allowing users to deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines, storage, and networking resources programmatically. Developer documentation is at www.micron21.com/enterprise/mcloud-api-cli-access.
What industry is Micron21 in?
Micron21's product category is Cloud & Data Centre Infrastructure Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABACAI, Edge Colocation & Micro Data Centers, with a secondary code of HDABACAH, Modular & Prefabricated Data Centers. Its NAICS code is 518 and its SIC code is 3572.