Datagrid Makarewa
Datagrid · Makarewa
- Planned IT
- 280 MW
- Remaining
- 280 MW
- $ / kW·mo
- $59
- White space
- 560k ft²
Inventory
0% occupiedPower
280 MWcampus
280 MW pipeline · 0 MW in use
White space
560k ft²total
560k ft² free · — occupied
52k m² · 52k m² free
Remaining power is campus IT not yet commissioned — captive capacity, not third-party colo.
Power
Power cost
$59/kW·mo
7.4¢ industrial · 8.1¢ after PUE 1.10
- Per MW·year
- $713k
- This site · 280 MW
- $200M/yr
- 80 kW rack
- $4,754/mo
2.3× the cheapest market (Iceland Landsvirkjun). Same IT load there is $113M/yr less.
Southland hydro / Manapouri · utility tariff × PUE, not colo list price.
- Redundancy
- N+1
- Opened
- 2028
- Renewable match
- 95%
- Rack density
- 80 kW
- PUE
- 1.101.00 ideal · 1.60 typical
- Power source
- Mercury / Transpower 220 kV GXP. Hydro and wind; 140 MW PPA option with Mercury.
Cooling
Plant
Hybrid
Liquid
Deployed
Rack density
80 kW
H100-eq
20k
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
Makarewa, Southland, New Zealand
Makarewa, 7 km north of Invercargill
-46.328°, 168.349° · Oceania
Tenants / users
AI training / inference, University of Otago anchor
Notes
Consented March 2026. 49 ha, six halls, 78,000 m2, 220 kV GXP, 84 generators. First South Island hyperscale / AI factory. 280 MW would be NZ's second-largest electrical load after Tiwai Point. Mercury 140 MW PPA option. Tasman Ring cable landing at Oreti Beach approved. 1 GW ambition.
Compiled from public filings, operator pages, and reporting. Not an official operator specification.