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Datagrid receives resource consent for ‘AI factory’

Data centre campus near Invercargill will be the country’s second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

The latest artist’s impression of the Datagrid campus at Makarewa.

Will Mace Thu, 12 Mar 2026
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Datagrid New Zealand has received resource consent for the construction of a 78,000 square metre, 280 megawatt data centre campus near Invercargill.

The company also announced that the landing site of its Tasman Ring subsea fibre optic cable network, at Oreti Beach, had been fully approved. It is

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Will Mace Thu, 12 Mar 2026
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