# NEXTDC's FY25 screening counts 147 protected areas around its M3 data centre, within the radius its table states. > Cite as: PLOT record c/XF36-N9 v1, NEXTDC Limited (2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30), context - **Address:** c/XF36-N9, version 1 of 1 (https://www.plot.eco/c/XF36-N9) - **Value:** 147 count (Protected areas within 50 km) - **About:** NEXTDC Limited - **Kind:** Context - **Who said it:** Reported by the operator - **Period:** 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30 - **Checked:** Reviewed (step 3 of 4): PLOT checked the claim against its source. This is not independent verification. Checked by a person. - **Open questions:** None open - **Source:** NEXTDC Limited FY25 Climate and Nature Report (NEXTDC Limited), p. 12, Table 2, Site based biodiversity and water risk screening, row M3 (p. 12) - **The snippet in PLOT:** - **How they know:** NEXTDC's desktop screening of each site within 50 km: IBAT (protected areas, Key Biodiversity Areas), Global Ramsar mapping and the IUCN Red List - **Limitations:** A count of what lies within 50 km of the site, from global databases: it describes the Melbourne region (M1 and M2 have almost the same counts), not the site, so PLOT shows it only in the company's nature reporting (C05), not on M3's page; and says nothing about any effect of the data centre. Company-reported screening. - **Editions:** nextdc-and-mobil-update - **How we found this:** not recorded ## History - Version 1 (this version): first published version --- Machine-readable: https://www.plot.eco/c/XF36-N9.json Cite as: PLOT record c/XF36-N9 v1, NEXTDC Limited (2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30), context