CDC Stratford Taranaki
CDC Data Centres · Stratford
- Planned IT
- 250 MW
- Free to lease
- 250 MW
- $ / kW·mo
- $67
- White space
- 625k ft²
Inventory
0% occupiedPower
250 MWlive
250 MW to lease · 0 MW in use
White space
625k ft²total
625k ft² free · — occupied
58k m² · 58k m² free
Free power is unsold critical IT at this building, not utility headroom. Space is computer-room white space.
Power
Power cost
$67/kW·mo
8.2¢ industrial · 9.2¢ after PUE 1.12
- Per MW·year
- $805k
- This site · 250 MW
- $201M/yr
- 40 kW rack
- $2,682/mo
2.6× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun). Same IT load there is $123M/yr less.
Contact Taranaki · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
- N+1
- Opened
- 2030
- Renewable match
- 90%
- Rack density
- 40 kW
- PUE
- 1.121.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
- Contact Energy / Transpower. Former Taranaki Combined Cycle interconnection. Geothermal, wind, solar pipeline.
Cooling
Plant
Hybrid
Liquid
Deployed
Rack density
40 kW
H100-eq
—
WUE
—
Operator has not published WUE. Blank, not zero — air-cooled sites still use some water.
Direct-to-chip cold plates and rear-door heat exchangers. Designed for GB200/Blackwell-class racks.
Network carriers
6On-net and metro carriers typically present at this location, including internet exchanges. Not a full circuit inventory.
Clouds
4Native regions and typical Direct Connect / ExpressRoute / Interconnect on-ramps at this campus. Availability varies by hall.
Location
Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand
Former Taranaki Combined Cycle site, Stratford
-39.339°, 174.284° · Oceania
Tenants / users
Hyperscale, AI pipeline
Notes
Contact Energy + CDC exploring 250 MW IT (350 MW peak) on the retired TCC plant. Grid connection and 500 MW battery consent already on site. Consenting and customer work only — not committed.
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.