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Read New Zealand Green Party Calls for One-Year Pause on New AI Data Centre Projects
New Zealand’s Green Party has called for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centre developments. The opposition party, which holds 15 seats in Parliament, said the pause would allow time to devel...

New Zealand Green Party Calls for One-Year Pause on New AI Data Centre Projects

July 27, 2026 New Zealand

New Zealand’s Green Party has called for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centre developments. The opposition party, which holds 15 seats in Parliament, said the pause would allow time to develop regulations and ensure data centres benefit New Zealanders without placing pressure on natural...

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Read Datacom Acquires Auckland Data Center From T4
Datacom Acquires Auckland Data Center From T4

Datacom Acquires Auckland Data Center From T4

April 01, 2026 Datacom

New Zealand ICT firm Datacom has acquired T4’s data center in Auckland, with terms undisclosed.The facility, located at 42 Business Parade South in Highbrook Business Park, East Tāmaki, was built around 2010 by IBM prior to Kyndryl’s spin-out. It spans approximately 5,200 sqm (56,000 sq ft) and...

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Read Datagrid Secures Power Deal With Mercury for 280MW Invercargill Data Center Campus
Datagrid Secures Power Deal With Mercury for 280MW Invercargill Data Center Campus

Datagrid Secures Power Deal With Mercury for 280MW Invercargill Data Center Campus

March 23, 2026 Datagrid New Zealand

Datagrid New Zealand has signed a 15-year, 140MW Power Purchase Option Agreement (PPOA) with New Zealand energy company Mercury to supply power for its planned hyperscale AI campus in Southland. Under the agreement, Mercury will supply roughly 1.2TWh of power annually, supporting the first phase...

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Read Spark Sells Majority Stake in Data Center Business
Spark Sells Majority Stake in Data Center Business

Spark Sells Majority Stake in Data Center Business

August 11, 2025 New Zealand

Kiwi telco Spark New Zealand this week announced it has entered into an agreement to sell a 75 percent interest in its data center business to Pacific Equity Partners (PEP). The transaction values the business at up to NZ$705 million (US$417.6m), with Spark receiving NZ$486m (US$288m) upon...

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Read Large scale data center planned in New Zealand
Large scale data center planned in New Zealand

Large scale data center planned in New Zealand

October 09, 2024 New Zealand

A large-scale data center powered by hydrogen is reportedly being planned in New Zealand by Mobii Green and North Rakaia. Mobii Green Energy founder Kenny Tseng said the first phase of the project will see sovereign funds and international private equity funds invest US$2 billion to develop 850MW...

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Read Team IM to launch sovereign cloud for New Zealand
Team IM to launch sovereign cloud for New Zealand

Team IM to launch sovereign cloud for New Zealand

July 28, 2024 New Zealand

Kiwi information management services provider Team IM has deployed Oracle Alloy in its data centers and is set to launch a sovereign cloud for New Zealand which it claims will be New Zealand's first sovereign hyperscale cloud. Ian Rogers, CEO of Team IM. said: “Many companies have promised to...

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Read Datagrid buys another six hectares for data center expansion in New Zealand
Datagrid buys another six hectares for data center expansion in New Zealand

Datagrid buys another six hectares for data center expansion in New Zealand

July 23, 2024 New Zealand

New Zealand data center firm Datagrid has purchased another six hectares of land for expansion on its campus on New Zealand’s South Island. The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office has approved the land acquisition and will allow the project to reach a total area of 49 hectares. Perrine...

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Read Spark to build a data center on Auckland's North Shore
 Spark to build a data center on Auckland's North Shore

Spark to build a data center on Auckland's North Shore

June 29, 2024 New Zealand

New Zealand telco Spark will be teaming up with global surf park creator Aventuur to build a data center on Auckland's North Shore that will heat a nearby surfing lagoon. The data center will use a heat exchange system to send excess heat to a nearby surfing lagoon and will be partially powered...

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Read Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS
Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS

Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS

March 04, 2024 New Zealand

Legrand has acquired New Zealand cable management firm Mechanical Support Systems (MSS) which offers services including cable containment manufacturing, supply, installation, and design, as well as bespoke fabrication. This acquisition merges MSS’ cable management solutions with the acquiring...

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Read Datagrid names Perrine Dhallum as CEO
Datagrid names Perrine Dhallum as CEO

Datagrid names Perrine Dhallum as CEO

December 16, 2023 New Zealand

New Zealand’s Datagrid announced this week that it has appointed Perrine Dhalluin as its new CEO, replacing Ludovic Hutier. Dhalluin was the CEO at Pacific Islands telecoms firm Intelia, before she left the role in November 2022, joining BW Digital as chief network officer. She has also held...

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Read Solar-powered data center to heat surfing lagoon in New Zealand
Solar-powered data center to heat surfing lagoon in New Zealand

Solar-powered data center to heat surfing lagoon in New Zealand

August 31, 2023 New Zealand

In New Zealand, Aventuur, a leisure park developer, has shared plans to heat a surfing lagoon using a solar-powered data center. The company is already in the process of building a surf park in Perth, Australia, which, it has outlined, is set to open in 2025. In Auckland, meanwhile, it's planning...

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Read Data Centre 220 and Xtreme Networks partner for greater data sovereignty in New Zealand
Data Centre 220 and Xtreme Networks partner for greater data sovereignty in New Zealand

Data Centre 220 and Xtreme Networks partner for greater data sovereignty in New Zealand

May 10, 2023 New Zealand

Data Centre 220 has partnered with Xtreme Networks for greater data sovereignty in New Zealand. According to the two, the partnership will provide their customers with two geographically diverse locations within New Zealand while providing secure and reliable data storage and management...

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Read Spark New Zealand announces new data center strategy
Spark New Zealand announces new data center strategy

Spark New Zealand announces new data center strategy

April 07, 2023 New Zealand

Spark New Zealand has outlined it will inject between $156 million to $189m into data center expansion, as part of a new three-year strategy. As part of this strategy, it will also work on new technologies, in order to open up new commercialisation opportunities across its core markets of mobile...

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Read A $188 Million Data Center is Being Built at Auckland Air Force Base by The New Zealand Government
A $188 Million Data Center is Being Built at Auckland Air Force Base by The New Zealand Government

A $188 Million Data Center is Being Built at Auckland Air Force Base by The New Zealand Government

April 06, 2023 New Zealand

The New Zealand government has been constructing a $188 million data center in secrecy at its Auckland air force station. Defense and GCSB Minister Andrew Little made the announcement of the project, noting that the location originally received the money in 2019. 150 construction workers have...

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Read Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand
Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand

Datacom goes 100% renewable in New Zealand

February 13, 2023 New Zealand

Datacom has announced that all its facilities in New Zealand are now powered by renewable energy. This is part of a ten-year contract with Mercury Energy, through which its data centers will run on geothermal, wind, and hydro energy sources from the company.As per the deal, the company has signed...

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Read DataGrid Files To Develop a 100MW Data Center in New Zealand
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DataGrid Files To Develop a 100MW Data Center in New Zealand

December 09, 2022 New Zealand

According to Stuff.co.nz, DataGrid has filed an application to develop its first data center in southern New Zealand. The company filed the application with Southland District Council for a new facility in Makarewa, outside Invercargill. Plans for the data center in December 2020. The CEO of...

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Read Canberra Data Centres Opens Two New Data Centers in Auckland, New Zealand
Canberra Data Centres Opens Two New Data Centers in Auckland, New Zealand

Canberra Data Centres Opens Two New Data Centers in Auckland, New Zealand

August 25, 2022 CDC: Hobsonville 1

Canberra Data Centres has announced the opening of two new facilities in Auckland, New Zealand. The Australian data center company launched the data centers in Auckland's Hobsonville and Silverdale areas. The Silverdale campus is called Auckland Campus One, while the Hobsonville data center is...

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Read Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland
Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland

Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland

July 11, 2022 Auckland

Zscaler has announced that it has launched a new co-located data center in Canberra and a second co-located data center in Auckland, in a bid to offer both public and private sector enterprises in Australia and New Zealand "greater resilience" in support of their "zero trust cybersecurity...

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Read T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen
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T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen

June 10, 2022 New Zealand

T4 Group has announced that it would house its planned Tier IV facility in New Zealand’s South Island at a hotel in Invercargill. The hotel will also use the data center’s waste heat. T4 first announced plans for the data center in March 2022. The company revealed that it would invest $30 million...

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Read Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center
Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

May 10, 2022 New Zealand

Grid Share has announced that it plans to launch a bitcoin mining data center in New Zealand's south island. The facility will be built next to a hydroelectric dam, the Pioneer Energy-owned Monowai Power Station, with whom Grid Share has partnered to supply energy. The 2MW facility will utilize...

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