Cartis diligence evidence schedule
Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region
PRJ-0686 · Program · Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
Record last updated Oct 28, 2026
Scope and capacity
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.
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Claims and exhibit sources
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Location context · Microsoft hyperscale cloud region | Auckland area | New Zealand
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 57178 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Lifecycle status · Operating
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 57179 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Location context · Microsoft hyperscale cloud region | Auckland area | New Zealand
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111251 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Lifecycle status · Operating
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111252 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Development scale · Operating since December 2024
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111271 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand public cloud data-centre certification
New Zealand Government Chief Digital Office · Document date: Jul 25, 2025 · Corroborating
Source reference: SRC-6216 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary
Source URL
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Development milestone · Hyperscale cloud region
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111272 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand public cloud data-centre certification
New Zealand Government Chief Digital Office · Document date: Jul 25, 2025 · Corroborating
Source reference: SRC-6216 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary
Source URL
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Power arrangement · Local data residency.
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111273 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand public cloud data-centre certification
New Zealand Government Chief Digital Office · Document date: Jul 25, 2025 · Corroborating
Source reference: SRC-6216 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary
Source URL
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Site configuration · Microsoft hyperscale cloud region | Auckland area | New Zealand
Actual · Microsoft New Zealand North Cloud Region (Project)
Claim 111274 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated
- New Zealand public cloud data-centre certification
New Zealand Government Chief Digital Office · Document date: Jul 25, 2025 · Corroborating
Source reference: SRC-6216 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary
Source URL
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
https://www.digital.govt.nz/news/gcdo-grants-another-public-cloud-data-centres-provider
- New Zealand’s first hyperscale cloud is open for business
Microsoft · Document date: Dec 12, 2024 · Primary
Source reference: SRC-3120 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary
Source URL
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2024/12/12/new-zealands-first-hyperscale-cloud-is-open-for-business/
Counterparties and capital
Microsoft · Operator · CMP-0017
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