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Microsoft Azure New Zealand North Region
Microsoft · Auckland
New Zealand's first hyperscale cloud region — three data centres on Auckland's North Shore. First facility opened end of 2024; anchor customers include Fonterra, ASB, BNZ, ACC and Auckland Transport. Disclosed plant, property & equipment ~NZ$1.06b (Jun 2024); exact sites not publicly specified. Figures from public filings/reporting.
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95% · Very likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
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Key facts
- Region
- Auckland
- Sector
- Telecom
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $1.1b
- Indicative completion
- 2027
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Microsoft
- Election risk
- Safe
Election risk assessment
Privately funded foreign direct investment; proceeds independently of the election. Bipartisan support for digital infrastructure.
Government priority alignment
HIGH — National-scale digital infrastructure — NZ's first hyperscale cloud region.
Chronology
- 2020Microsoft announces plans for a New Zealand data centre region
- 2022Overseas Investment Office consent to buy 6.5ha on the North Shore (~NZ$180m land)
- 2024First hyperscale data centre opens; customer workloads begin migrating to the NZ region