NextDC extends Google Cloud connection to Melbourne NextDC extends Google Cloud connection to Melbourne Launches a cloud interconnect access point at its M2 data centre. Craig Scroggie (NextDC) NextDC has launched an access point to Google Cloud in its Melbourne-based M2 data centre as part of its larger push across the Australian market. The data centre operator has launched a cloud interconnect access point at its M2 facility, allowing customers and partners’ Google Cloud workloads to be hosted locally in-state. The moves allow customers to host data in Google Cloud without having to rely on NextDC’s data centre in Sydney via intercapital or internet-based connections.