Datagrid buys another six hectares for data center expansion in 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 Dhalluin, Datagrid CEO, said: “This is an important milestone for [the] Datagrid project and we are extremely pleased the OiO has approved our application. Our next step is to obtain resource consent through our Fast Track consenting application currently being considered. This will enable us to get going as soon as possible with construction. The AI data center market is booming, and we believe Southland New Zealand is the best location in the Asia Pacific region to develop an AI training cluster.”

She added: “Extensive land, cool climate, green power, safe environment and diverse connectivity are key success factors in this market. Our objective is to secure 240MW in phase one and grow over time up to 1GW, which is why we needed to extend our land from 43 hectares to 49 hectares. This is now done.”