Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region
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- Oct 28, 2026
Microsoft opened New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud region in December 2024. The region is a multi-zone program and Microsoft does not disclose a region-wide megawatt total. Microsoft is associated with the development in Auckland, Three-zone region, Auckland Region, NZ. The disclosed development scope includes operating since December 2024; hyperscale cloud region; local data residency. Power and physical infrastructure include multi-zone cloud infrastructure with a long-term renewable-energy contract and water-free cooling. Microsoft does not publish a region-wide MW figure. The available public sources do not establish a project-scoped operating or contracted capacity figure.
Capacity
Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records
A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.
Development
Project-wide phase for Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region; capacity class is unresolved.
Milestones (2)
Dec 12, 2024 · Recorded actual event
Completed · Announced
Source not linkedDate not disclosed · Recorded actual event
Completed · Forecast completion
Source not linkedParticipants
Operator
Sources by role
Operator (1)
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business · Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Site & development
Technical specifications
Additional project facts
Infrastructure & permits
Technical details (2)
Operational
Microsoft does not publish a region-wide MW figure.
Operational
Multi-zone cloud infrastructure with a long-term renewable-energy contract and water-free cooling.
Constituent-site map
Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.