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Where can AI data centres be built in New Zealand, and how do grid access, coming large-load rules and a mild climate shape the cooling?新西兰哪里建得起 AI 数据中心？并网、即将出台的大负荷规则和温和气候怎样影响冷却选择？
New Zealand had about 104 MW deployed in 2025.2025 年新西兰已部署约 104 MW。
The Prime Minister says large new sites must bring new generation; there is no rule yet.总理称大型新数据中心须带来新增发电，规则尚未出台。
Sources checked 2026-10-30; climate from hourly observations 2020–2024来源核查 2026-10-30；气候来自 2020–2024 年逐时观测NZTech 2025 estimateNZTech 2025 年估计
PUE requirement or targetPUE 要求或目标
None found未找到
No PUE requirement for data centres in the sources read here; the industry group NZTech puts the sector average at about 1.3所读来源中未找到数据中心 PUE 要求；行业组织 NZTech 估计行业平均约 1.3
WUE requirement or targetWUE 要求或目标
None found未找到
No WUE requirement for data centres in the sources read here; Datagrid's Southland consents allow it to draw more than 600,000 litres of groundwater a day (a permitted maximum; Datagrid says it will use none)所读来源中未找到针对数据中心的 WUE 要求；Datagrid 的南地区许可允许每天取用超过 60 万升地下水（许可上限；Datagrid 称不会使用）
Power build-out电力建设规模
104MW
Deployed capacity (maximum power available, including cooling and backup) in 2025, as NZTech estimates it from operator data; Datagrid's planned 280 MW campus is not included and not addedNZTech 据运营商数据估计的 2025 年已部署容量（可用最大功率，含冷却和备用）；Datagrid 计划的 280 MW 园区不含在内，也不相加
Biggest constraint最大约束
Power电力
The biggest constraint is power: Transpower is writing new rules for loads of 10 MW and above, and the Prime Minister says large data centres must bring additional generation; neither has been published as a rule.最大约束是电力：Transpower 正在为 10 MW 及以上的负荷制定新规则，总理称大型数据中心须带来新增发电；两者都尚未作为规则发布。
Solid: NZTech estimate for 2025. Hollow: NZTech baseline forecast. Datagrid's planned 280 MW campus and the Electricity Authority's 1,780 MW load pipeline (August 2025, all load types) are different measures and are not added.实心：NZTech 2025 年估计。空心：NZTech 基线预测。Datagrid 计划的 280 MW 园区和电力管理局 1,780 MW 的负荷管线（2025 年 8 月，所有负荷类型）是不同的量，不相加。
| Measure指标 | MW | Kind类型 | Source来源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployed capacity, 2025已部署容量，2025 年 | 104 | actual实际 | link链接 |
| NZTech baseline, 2030NZTech 基线，2030 年 | around 315约 315 | forecast预测 | link链接 |
NZTech deployed capacity: the maximum power available to data centres, including cooling and backup, not IT load. 2025 is its estimate from operator data; 2030 is its baseline scenario from operator plans, which leaves out major export-oriented projects such as Datagrid (280 MW planned). The other scenarios and other sources (EA load pipeline, BMI) use different bases and are not added.NZTech 的已部署容量：数据中心可用的最大功率，含冷却和备用系统，不是 IT 负荷。2025 年为据运营商数据的估计；2030 年为据运营商计划的基线情景，不含 Datagrid（计划 280 MW）等大型出口导向项目。其他情景和其他来源（电力管理局负荷管线、BMI）口径不同，不相加。
Thermal meaning热管理含义
Policy, efficiency, power and water政策、能效、电力与用水
Policies政策
- Datagrid received its resource consents from Southland District Council, Environment Southland and Invercargill City Council in March 2026; consents are decided by local councils.Datagrid 于 2026 年 3 月从南地区议会、Environment Southland 和因弗卡吉尔市议会获得资源许可；许可由地方议会决定。 actual实际 2026-03-11 source来源
- On 27 July 2026 the Prime Minister said the government is working on a "compact" of rules for hyperscale data centres, that large ones must show "additionality" (bring new generation rather than draw on the existing grid), and that he rejects the Greens' moratorium; no rule has been published.2026 年 7 月 27 日，总理表示政府正在制定面向超大规模数据中心的“契约”式规则，大型数据中心须证明“额外性”（带来新增发电，而不是只取用现有电网），并拒绝绿党的暂停主张；规则尚未发布。 announced已宣布 2026-07-27 source来源
- Energy Minister Simeon Brown says the government is receiving advice on potential rules for data-centre energy use and wants AI data centres to underwrite new renewable and other energy investment.能源部长 Simeon Brown 表示，政府正在听取关于数据中心用能规则的建议，并希望 AI 数据中心为新增可再生能源和其他能源投资提供担保。 announced已宣布 2026-07-31 source来源
- The Green Party, in opposition, has announced a one-year moratorium on consenting new AI data centres while rules are written; the government has rejected a moratorium.在野的绿党宣布，在制定规则期间暂停批准新的 AI 数据中心一年；政府已拒绝暂停。 announced已宣布 2026-07-26 source来源
Efficiency rules能效要求
- NZTech puts the average PUE of New Zealand data centres at 1.3, against a 1.54 global average; it is an industry figure from operator data, not a legal requirement.NZTech 给出新西兰数据中心的平均 PUE 为 1.3，全球平均为 1.54；这是依据运营商数据的行业数字，不是法定要求。 actual实际 2025-09 source来源
Power电力
- Transpower reports a significant rise in industrial load connection enquiries, including hyperscale data centres, and is writing new guidelines and process steps for Large Load (10 MW or more) and Very Large Load (50 MW or more) connections; the guidance had not yet been published on the page read.Transpower 称工业负荷并网咨询显著增加，其中包括超大规模数据中心，并正在为大负荷（10 MW 及以上）和特大负荷（50 MW 及以上）并网制定新的指引和流程；所读页面上指引尚未发布。 announced已宣布 2026-10-30 source来源
- Transpower says it will connect any new generation or demand that is technically and logistically feasible, if the developer pays all incremental costs and system operation is not compromised; it does not weigh the economics of a connection.Transpower 称，只要在技术和施工上可行、开发商承担全部增量成本且不影响电力系统运行，它就会接入任何新的发电或用电项目；它不评估接入项目的经济性。 guideline指引 2026-10-30 source来源
- Datagrid signed with Transpower to buy long-lead equipment for a 360 MVA substation on its Southland site, to connect to the 220 kV lines between Manapōuri and Tiwai Point, with commissioning targeted for late 2027; Datagrid says 360 MVA is about 340 MW at the grid exit point, not the site's expected consumption.Datagrid 与 Transpower 签约，为其南地区站点采购 360 MVA 变电站的长周期设备，将接入 Manapōuri 与 Tiwai Point 之间的 220 kV 线路，目标 2027 年底投运；Datagrid 称 360 MVA 约合 340 MW，指电网出口点容量，不是站点预期用电量。 planned计划 2026-08-12 source来源
- Finance Minister Nicola Willis says MBIE officials advise that data centres rolling out over the next 12 months are not expected to push electricity prices up, and she has asked for more work on measures so that no future data centre does.财政部长 Nicola Willis 称，MBIE 官员建议未来 12 个月投产的数据中心预计不会推高电价，她已要求就相关措施做更多工作，确保今后的数据中心也不会推高电价。 announced已宣布 2026-08 source来源
- Datagrid and Mercury signed a 15-year, 140 MW power purchase option agreement (1.2 TWh a year) in March 2026, which Datagrid calls a long-term price hedge for the Southland campus.Datagrid 与 Mercury 于 2026 年 3 月签署 15 年期 140 MW 购电选择权协议（每年 1.2 TWh），Datagrid 称其为南地区园区的长期价格对冲。 actual实际 2026-03-18 source来源
- MBIE reports that 88.5% of New Zealand's electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2025.MBIE 报告，2025 年新西兰 88.5% 的电力来自可再生能源。 actual实际 2025 source来源
- At the end of June 2026 Transpower had 22 new generation connection projects in its delivery phase, representing an additional 3,000 MW to be delivered by the end of 2028 if customers commit.截至 2026 年 6 月底，Transpower 有 22 个新发电并网项目进入交付阶段，合计新增 3,000 MW，若客户确认，将在 2028 年底前交付。 planned计划 2026-06-30 source来源
Water水
- Datagrid's Southland consents include the right to draw more than 600,000 litres of groundwater a day and to discharge about 5,000 litres of treated wastewater; Datagrid says it will use no groundwater and prefers rainwater when needed.Datagrid 的南地区许可包括每天取用超过 60 万升地下水、排放约 5,000 升处理后废水的权利；Datagrid 称不会使用地下水，需要时优先用雨水。 actual实际 2026-03 source来源
- In Auckland, a trade waste discharge is low risk only if it meets all of Watercare's criteria, including less than 10 m³ a day and less than 0.5 L/s; anything else needs a trade waste agreement that sets discharge limits and monitoring. The page does not mention data centres or cooling water.在奥克兰，工业废水排放只有同时满足 Watercare 的全部标准（包括每天少于 10 m³ 且少于 0.5 L/s）才算低风险；其他情形须签订工业废水协议，由协议设定排放限值和监测要求。该页面未提及数据中心或冷却水。 in force生效中 2026-10-30 source来源
- Microsoft says its existing New Zealand facility is cooled with outside air only and uses no water for direct air cooling, and that it operates one data centre and plans new facilities in the greater Auckland area.Microsoft 称其在新西兰的现有设施只用室外空气冷却，直接空气冷却不用水；公司在大奥克兰地区运营一座数据中心并计划新建设施。 actual实际 2025-10 source来源
- CDC says its closed-loop liquid cooling, in use since 2007, recirculates cooling water and saves more than 1 billion litres a year across its New Zealand sites.CDC 称其自 2007 年起使用的闭式液冷系统使冷却水循环使用，在新西兰各站点每年节水超过 10 亿升。 actual实际 2025-09 source来源
Projects项目
| Company公司 | Place地点 | As stated by the company公司表述 | Kind类型 | Source来源 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datagrid NZ | Makarewa, Southland南地区 Makarewa | 280 MW campus (company figure for consumption once operational), consented March 2026, expected to open in 2028 (RNZ report); Mercury holds a minority stake280 MW 园区（公司给出的投运后用电量），2026 年 3 月获批，据 RNZ 报道预计 2028 年投运；Mercury 持少数股权 cites Southland's natural cooling conditions for energy-efficiency advantages (company claim, no PUE figure given)称南地区的自然冷却条件带来能效优势（公司说法，未给 PUE 数值） | capacity容量 | link链接 |
| CDC Data Centres | Hobsonville and Silverdale, Auckland奥克兰 Hobsonville 和 Silverdale | Hobsonville: 22 MW and 54 MW operating on two campuses; Silverdale: 22 MW operating, expected to reach 60 MW+ (company page; not added)Hobsonville 两个园区分别运营 22 MW 和 54 MW；Silverdale 运营 22 MW，预计增至 60 MW 以上（公司页面；不相加） closed-loop liquid cooling since 2007; saves over 1 billion litres of water a year (company claim)自 2007 年起使用闭式液冷；称每年节水超过 10 亿升（公司说法） | capacity容量 | link链接 |
| AWS | Auckland region奥克兰区域 | more than NZ$7.5 billion planned in New Zealand; region launched September 2025; MW not stated计划在新西兰投资超过 75 亿新西兰元；区域于 2025 年 9 月上线；未给出 MW | investment投资 | link链接 |
| Microsoft | greater Auckland area大奥克兰地区 | operates one data centre and plans new facilities; MW not stated运营一座数据中心并计划新建设施；未给出 MW existing facility cooled with outside air only, no water for direct air cooling (company statement)现有设施只用室外空气冷却，直接空气冷却不用水（公司说法） | capacity容量 | link链接 |
| TenPeaks (Spark data-centre business) | New Zealand (sites not named in this source)新西兰（该来源未列站点） | pipeline above 100 MW (BMI estimate)在建管线超过 100 MW（BMI 估计） | capacity容量 | link链接 |
Capacity and investment are different measures and are never added. Capacities are the companies' own figures, with their qualifiers.容量和投资是不同的量，不相加。容量为公司自己的数字，保留其限定词。
What is not covered: 未覆盖：In the sources read here no PUE or WUE requirement was found: no law, no EECA data-centre guidance and no government procurement rule; the only PUE figure is an industry average (NZTech, 1.3). The only Transpower figure for the data-centre queue is about 1,010 MW attributed to a Tech New Zealand working group in a LinkedIn post, which could not be traced, so it is not used; the Electricity Authority's August 2025 load pipeline (1,780 MW, 64% data centres) is the closest official number. MBIE's site blocks automated reading, so its 2 July 2026 data-centre briefing and its Energy in New Zealand report were not read; the renewable share comes from MBIE's press release republished by Scoop. Environment Southland's Datagrid decision could not be downloaded, so consent volumes come from an RNZ report. No Auckland or Canterbury water rule specific to data-centre cooling was found; the Auckland fact is a general trade waste rule. The government's data-centre rules are announced intentions, not published rules; BMI notes there is at present no dedicated framework requiring operators to contribute to grid infrastructure.在所读来源中未找到 PUE 或 WUE 要求：没有法律、没有 EECA 的数据中心指引，也没有政府采购规则；唯一的 PUE 数字是行业平均值（NZTech，1.3）。Transpower 的数据中心排队数字只见到一条 LinkedIn 帖子，称约 1,010 MW，出自 Tech New Zealand 工作组，无法追溯，故不采用；电力管理局 2025 年 8 月的负荷管线（1,780 MW，其中 64% 为数据中心）是最接近的官方数字。MBIE 网站拒绝自动读取，因此未读到其 2026 年 7 月 2 日的数据中心简报和《新西兰能源》报告；可再生能源占比取自经 Scoop 转载的 MBIE 新闻稿。Environment Southland 对 Datagrid 的决定文本无法下载，许可水量取自 RNZ 报道。未找到奥克兰或坎特伯雷专门针对数据中心冷却的用水规则；奥克兰一条为一般工业废水规则。政府的数据中心规则只是已宣布的意向，尚未发布；BMI 指出目前没有专门要求运营商分担电网基础设施的框架。
Database view: every New Zealand number and fact on this page, with its source wording数据库视图：本页全部新西兰数字和事实及来源原文43 rows43 行
Showing显示 43Quotes are the source's own wording. Main series: NZTech deployed capacity: the maximum power available to data centres, including cooling and backup, not IT load. 2025 is its estimate from operator data; 2030 is its baseline scenario from operator plans, which leaves out major export-oriented projects such as Datagrid (280 MW planned). The other scenarios and other sources (EA load pipeline, BMI) use different bases and are not added. Climate rows: hours a year (2020–2024 average) a dry cooler alone can make the water, from NOAA hourly observations, assuming the dry cooler supplies the facility water directly (a plate heat exchanger in between adds its own approach, so fewer hours). Missing hours are scaled from the observed share of each year to 8,760 hours.引文为来源原文。主序列：NZTech 的已部署容量：数据中心可用的最大功率，含冷却和备用系统，不是 IT 负荷。2025 年为据运营商数据的估计；2030 年为据运营商计划的基线情景，不含 Datagrid（计划 280 MW）等大型出口导向项目。其他情景和其他来源（电力管理局负荷管线、BMI）口径不同，不相加。气候行：仅靠干冷器即可制水的年小时数（2020–2024 年平均），来自 NOAA 逐时观测，假设干冷器直接供设施水（中间若有板式换热器，会再增加其接近温差，小时数更少）。缺测小时按每年已观测的比例折算为 8,760 小时。
| Field字段 | Fact事实 | Status状态 | Date日期 | Source wording来源原文 | Source来源 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build scale建设规模 | Deployed data-centre capacity in New Zealand: 2025 estimate and NZTech baseline forecast新西兰数据中心已部署容量：2025 年估计与 NZTech 基线预测: Deployed capacity, 2025已部署容量，2025 年, 104 MW | actual实际 | 2025-09 | New Zealand’s data centres currently have a combined deployed capacity of 104 megawatts (MW). | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | Deployed data-centre capacity in New Zealand: 2025 estimate and NZTech baseline forecast新西兰数据中心已部署容量：2025 年估计与 NZTech 基线预测: NZTech baseline, 2030NZTech 基线，2030 年, around 315约 315 MW | forecast预测 | 2025-09 | New Zealand’s total deployed data centre capacity is projected to grow to around 315 MW by 2030. | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | NZTech counts 56 operating data centres in New Zealand with a combined deployed capacity of 104 MW (2025); it estimates they use about 238 GWh a year, 0.6% of national electricity.NZTech 统计新西兰有 56 个在运营的数据中心，合计已部署容量 104 MW（2025 年）；估计年用电约 238 GWh，占全国用电的 0.6%。 | actual实际 | 2025-09 | New Zealand’s data centres currently have a combined deployed capacity of 104 megawatts (MW). | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | NZTech's baseline projects deployed data-centre capacity of around 315 MW by 2030; the baseline leaves out major export-oriented projects, so it does not include Datagrid.NZTech 基线情景预测，到 2030 年已部署数据中心容量约 315 MW；基线不含大型出口导向项目，因此不含 Datagrid。 | forecast预测 | 2025-09 | New Zealand’s total deployed data centre capacity is projected to grow to around 315 MW by 2030. … This projection excludes major export oriented The report's Figure 7 (p. 39) also carries a 2035 label, but no sentence states that value, so it is not used here.报告图 7（第 39 页）另有 2035 年标注，但正文没有写出该数值，故此处不采用。 | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | The Electricity Authority's load pipeline for August 2025 holds 31 load projects with a combined capacity of 1,780 MW; 64% of that capacity is data centres.电力管理局 2025 年 8 月的负荷项目管线共有 31 个负荷项目，合计容量 1,780 MW，其中 64% 为数据中心。 | planned计划 | 2025-08 | The load summary view shows 31 load projects in the August 2025 pipeline, with a combined capacity of 1,780MW. 64% of these projects by capacity are data centres. | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | BMI estimates 172 MW of live data-centre capacity in New Zealand for Q3 2026, with 89.1 MW under construction and 313.4 MW planned (July 2026).BMI 估计新西兰 2026 年第三季度运营中的数据中心容量为 172 MW，在建 89.1 MW，计划 313.4 MW（2026 年 7 月）。 | forecast预测 | 2026-07 | Live Capacity (Q326) 172MW … Under Construction (Q326) 89.1MW … Planned Capacity 313.4MW | link链接 |
| Build scale建设规模 | Datagrid's consented Southland campus is a 78,000 m² AI factory that Datagrid says will use 280 MW once operational, making it the country's second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point smelter; it is expected to open in 2028 (as reported by RNZ).Datagrid 已获批的南地区园区是一座 7.8 万平方米的 AI 工厂；公司称投运后用电 280 MW，将成为仅次于蒂瓦伊角铝厂的全国第二大用电户；据 RNZ 报道预计 2028 年投运。 | planned计划 | 2026-03-11 | Once operational, the facility will consume 280 MW of power, making Datagrid New Zealand the country’s second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. | link链接 |
| Power电力 | Transpower reports a significant rise in industrial load connection enquiries, including hyperscale data centres, and is writing new guidelines and process steps for Large Load (10 MW or more) and Very Large Load (50 MW or more) connections; the guidance had not yet been published on the page read.Transpower 称工业负荷并网咨询显著增加，其中包括超大规模数据中心，并正在为大负荷（10 MW 及以上）和特大负荷（50 MW 及以上）并网制定新的指引和流程；所读页面上指引尚未发布。 | announced已宣布 | 2026-10-30 | New Zealand is experiencing a significant increase in industrial load connection enquiries, both in quantity and in size. New enquiries also include new technologies such as hyperscale data centres. Transpower is working on new guidelines and process steps to manage both the individual and the aggregate impact of new Large Load connections (10MW or greater) and Very Large Load connections (50MW or greater). The Transpower page is undated; as_of is the day it was read.Transpower 页面未标日期；as_of 为读取当日。 | link链接 |
| Power电力 | Transpower says it will connect any new generation or demand that is technically and logistically feasible, if the developer pays all incremental costs and system operation is not compromised; it does not weigh the economics of a connection.Transpower 称，只要在技术和施工上可行、开发商承担全部增量成本且不影响电力系统运行，它就会接入任何新的发电或用电项目；它不评估接入项目的经济性。 | guideline指引 | 2026-10-30 | Transpower will connect any new development (generation or demand) where the new connection is technically and logistically feasible, the developer covers all incremental costs associated with the connection, and our ability to operate the power system for the benefit of New Zealand is not compromised. The Transpower page is undated; as_of is the day it was read.Transpower 页面未标日期；as_of 为读取当日。 | link链接 |
| Power电力 | Datagrid signed with Transpower to buy long-lead equipment for a 360 MVA substation on its Southland site, to connect to the 220 kV lines between Manapōuri and Tiwai Point, with commissioning targeted for late 2027; Datagrid says 360 MVA is about 340 MW at the grid exit point, not the site's expected consumption.Datagrid 与 Transpower 签约，为其南地区站点采购 360 MVA 变电站的长周期设备，将接入 Manapōuri 与 Tiwai Point 之间的 220 kV 线路，目标 2027 年底投运；Datagrid 称 360 MVA 约合 340 MW，指电网出口点容量，不是站点预期用电量。 | planned计划 | 2026-08-12 | 360MVA is broadly equivalent to about 340MW of delivered power at a typical power factor of 0.95 … Transpower is carefully managing projects that require significant electricity such as Datagrid's to ensure that, as they connect, there is sufficient capacity on the grid to deliver the electricity and sufficient generation available to supply it. | link链接 |
| Power电力 | Finance Minister Nicola Willis says MBIE officials advise that data centres rolling out over the next 12 months are not expected to push electricity prices up, and she has asked for more work on measures so that no future data centre does.财政部长 Nicola Willis 称，MBIE 官员建议未来 12 个月投产的数据中心预计不会推高电价，她已要求就相关措施做更多工作，确保今后的数据中心也不会推高电价。 | announced已宣布 | 2026-08 | officials have advised her they don't expect data centres rolling out over the next 12 months to put upward pressure on electricity prices, given the arrangements they have in place The MBIE briefing itself could not be read (see gaps); this is the minister's account as reported.MBIE 简报本身无法读取（见缺口）；此处为媒体转述的部长说法。 | link链接 |
| Power电力 | Datagrid and Mercury signed a 15-year, 140 MW power purchase option agreement (1.2 TWh a year) in March 2026, which Datagrid calls a long-term price hedge for the Southland campus.Datagrid 与 Mercury 于 2026 年 3 月签署 15 年期 140 MW 购电选择权协议（每年 1.2 TWh），Datagrid 称其为南地区园区的长期价格对冲。 | actual实际 | 2026-03-18 | signing of a 140-megawatt (MW) long-term Power Purchase Option Agreement (PPOA) with Mercury … The 15-year agreement … The 140MW, 1.2TWh p.a. PPOA will provide a long-term price hedge for Datagrid’s flagship hyperscale campus in Southland | link链接 |
| Power电力 | MBIE reports that 88.5% of New Zealand's electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2025.MBIE 报告，2025 年新西兰 88.5% 的电力来自可再生能源。 | actual实际 | 2025 | In 2025, 88.5% of electricity was generated from renewable sources. MBIE's own site blocks automated reading; the text is MBIE's press release of 20 August 2026 as republished by Scoop.MBIE 网站拒绝自动读取；文字为 MBIE 2026 年 8 月 20 日新闻稿，经 Scoop 转载。 | link链接 |
| Power电力 | At the end of June 2026 Transpower had 22 new generation connection projects in its delivery phase, representing an additional 3,000 MW to be delivered by the end of 2028 if customers commit.截至 2026 年 6 月底，Transpower 有 22 个新发电并网项目进入交付阶段，合计新增 3,000 MW，若客户确认，将在 2028 年底前交付。 | planned计划 | 2026-06-30 | At the end of June there were also 22 new generation connection projects in the delivery phase, representing an additional 3,000 MW worth of capacity set to be delivered by the end of 2028, provided customers commit. | link链接 |
| Water水 | Datagrid's Southland consents include the right to draw more than 600,000 litres of groundwater a day and to discharge about 5,000 litres of treated wastewater; Datagrid says it will use no groundwater and prefers rainwater when needed.Datagrid 的南地区许可包括每天取用超过 60 万升地下水、排放约 5,000 升处理后废水的权利；Datagrid 称不会使用地下水，需要时优先用雨水。 | actual实际 | 2026-03 | Singapore-based company Datagrid was given 10 resource consents this year for an AI factory in Southland, that included the ability to draw more than 600,000 litres of groundwater every day and to discharge some 5000 litres of treated wastewater. … But Datagrid said it would not use any groundwater — preferring rainwater when needed. RNZ report of 2026-07-20; the Environment Southland decision itself could not be downloaded.RNZ 2026 年 7 月 20 日报道；Environment Southland 的决定文本无法下载。 | link链接 |
| Water水 | In Auckland, a trade waste discharge is low risk only if it meets all of Watercare's criteria, including less than 10 m³ a day and less than 0.5 L/s; anything else needs a trade waste agreement that sets discharge limits and monitoring. The page does not mention data centres or cooling water.在奥克兰，工业废水排放只有同时满足 Watercare 的全部标准（包括每天少于 10 m³ 且少于 0.5 L/s）才算低风险；其他情形须签订工业废水协议，由协议设定排放限值和监测要求。该页面未提及数据中心或冷却水。 | in force生效中 | 2026-10-30 | it is less than 10 cubic metres per day and less than 0.5 litres per second … If your trade waste is not low risk, you will need a trade waste agreement. This agreement will set your discharge limits and monitoring criteria. | link链接 |
| Water水 | Microsoft says its existing New Zealand facility is cooled with outside air only and uses no water for direct air cooling, and that it operates one data centre and plans new facilities in the greater Auckland area.Microsoft 称其在新西兰的现有设施只用室外空气冷却，直接空气冷却不用水；公司在大奥克兰地区运营一座数据中心并计划新建设施。 | actual实际 | 2025-10 | Our existing facility is cooled using outside air only. Direct air cooling uses no water. | link链接 |
| Water水 | CDC says its closed-loop liquid cooling, in use since 2007, recirculates cooling water and saves more than 1 billion litres a year across its New Zealand sites.CDC 称其自 2007 年起使用的闭式液冷系统使冷却水循环使用，在新西兰各站点每年节水超过 10 亿升。 | actual实际 | 2025-09 | CDC’s system recirculates cooling water within its purpose-built facilities. This breakthrough design saves CDC more than 1 billion litres of water annually across its New Zealand sites | link链接 |
| Efficiency rules能效要求 | NZTech puts the average PUE of New Zealand data centres at 1.3, against a 1.54 global average; it is an industry figure from operator data, not a legal requirement.NZTech 给出新西兰数据中心的平均 PUE 为 1.3，全球平均为 1.54；这是依据运营商数据的行业数字，不是法定要求。 | actual实际 | 2025-09 | an average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.3 (well below the 1.54 global average) | link链接 |
| Policies政策 | Datagrid received its resource consents from Southland District Council, Environment Southland and Invercargill City Council in March 2026; consents are decided by local councils.Datagrid 于 2026 年 3 月从南地区议会、Environment Southland 和因弗卡吉尔市议会获得资源许可；许可由地方议会决定。 | actual实际 | 2026-03-11 | The approvals have been granted by Southland District Council, Environment Southland, and Invercargill City Council, paving the way for construction to commence. | link链接 |
| Policies政策 | On 27 July 2026 the Prime Minister said the government is working on a "compact" of rules for hyperscale data centres, that large ones must show "additionality" (bring new generation rather than draw on the existing grid), and that he rejects the Greens' moratorium; no rule has been published.2026 年 7 月 27 日，总理表示政府正在制定面向超大规模数据中心的“契约”式规则，大型数据中心须证明“额外性”（带来新增发电，而不是只取用现有电网），并拒绝绿党的暂停主张；规则尚未发布。 | announced已宣布 | 2026-07-27 | Government is working on a "compact" setting rules for hyperscale data centre operators wanting to build locally … large-scale data centres would need to demonstrate "additionality" to the electricity system … While still rejecting a moratorium Statements to media, not a published rule; DPMC and MBIE were asked to develop the principles.对媒体的表态，不是已发布规则；总理府和 MBIE 受命起草原则。 | link链接 |
| Policies政策 | Energy Minister Simeon Brown says the government is receiving advice on potential rules for data-centre energy use and wants AI data centres to underwrite new renewable and other energy investment.能源部长 Simeon Brown 表示，政府正在听取关于数据中心用能规则的建议，并希望 AI 数据中心为新增可再生能源和其他能源投资提供担保。 | announced已宣布 | 2026-07-31 | the Government was receiving advice on potential rules around the data centre's energy use … We want to see AI data centres underwriting new renewable and other investments in energy Statements to media, not a published rule.对媒体的表态，不是已发布规则。 | link链接 |
| Policies政策 | The Green Party, in opposition, has announced a one-year moratorium on consenting new AI data centres while rules are written; the government has rejected a moratorium.在野的绿党宣布，在制定规则期间暂停批准新的 AI 数据中心一年；政府已拒绝暂停。 | announced已宣布 | 2026-07-26 | The Green Party is calling for a one-year moratorium on new AI data centres while proper rules are put in place Party policy, not government policy.政党主张，不是政府政策。 | link链接 |
| Projects项目 | Datagrid NZ, Makarewa, Southland南地区 Makarewa: 280 MW campus (company figure for consumption once operational), consented March 2026, expected to open in 2028 (RNZ report); Mercury holds a minority stake280 MW 园区（公司给出的投运后用电量），2026 年 3 月获批，据 RNZ 报道预计 2028 年投运；Mercury 持少数股权 (cites Southland's natural cooling conditions for energy-efficiency advantages (company claim, no PUE figure given)称南地区的自然冷却条件带来能效优势（公司说法，未给 PUE 数值）) | capacity容量 | 2026-03-11 | Once operational, the facility will consume 280 MW of power, making Datagrid New Zealand the country’s second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. | link链接 |
| Projects项目 | CDC Data Centres, Hobsonville and Silverdale, Auckland奥克兰 Hobsonville 和 Silverdale: Hobsonville: 22 MW and 54 MW operating on two campuses; Silverdale: 22 MW operating, expected to reach 60 MW+ (company page; not added)Hobsonville 两个园区分别运营 22 MW 和 54 MW；Silverdale 运营 22 MW，预计增至 60 MW 以上（公司页面；不相加） (closed-loop liquid cooling since 2007; saves over 1 billion litres of water a year (company claim)自 2007 年起使用闭式液冷；称每年节水超过 10 亿升（公司说法）) | capacity容量 | 2026-10-30 | Our second campus in the Hobsonville precinct provides 54 MW of operating capacity. | link链接 |
| Projects项目 | AWS, Auckland region奥克兰区域: more than NZ$7.5 billion planned in New Zealand; region launched September 2025; MW not stated计划在新西兰投资超过 75 亿新西兰元；区域于 2025 年 9 月上线；未给出 MW | investment投资 | 2025-09-02 | Amazon is planning to invest more than NZ$7.5 billion in New Zealand to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centers in the country. | link链接 |
| Projects项目 | Microsoft, greater Auckland area大奥克兰地区: operates one data centre and plans new facilities; MW not stated运营一座数据中心并计划新建设施；未给出 MW (existing facility cooled with outside air only, no water for direct air cooling (company statement)现有设施只用室外空气冷却，直接空气冷却不用水（公司说法）) | capacity容量 | 2025-10 | Microsoft operates a datacentre and is planning to build new facilities in the greater Auckland area. | link链接 |
| Projects项目 | TenPeaks (Spark data-centre business), New Zealand (sites not named in this source)新西兰（该来源未列站点）: pipeline above 100 MW (BMI estimate)在建管线超过 100 MW（BMI 估计） | capacity容量 | 2026-07-24 | TenPeaks has a pipeline exceeding 100MW | link链接 |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W20 at 5 K: 3,990 hours a year; single years 3,643–4,202; lowest-year coverage 96%、5 K：每年 3,990 小时；单年 3,643–4,202；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W20 at 10 K: 781 hours a year; single years 698–814; lowest-year coverage 96%、10 K：每年 781 小时；单年 698–814；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W20 at 15 K: 44 hours a year; single years 24–66; lowest-year coverage 96%、15 K：每年 44 小时；单年 24–66；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W25 at 5 K: 7,487 hours a year; single years 7,195–7,650; lowest-year coverage 96%、5 K：每年 7,487 小时；单年 7,195–7,650；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W25 at 10 K: 3,990 hours a year; single years 3,643–4,202; lowest-year coverage 96%、10 K：每年 3,990 小时；单年 3,643–4,202；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W25 at 15 K: 781 hours a year; single years 698–814; lowest-year coverage 96%、15 K：每年 781 小时；单年 698–814；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W32 at 5 K: 8,753 hours a year; single years 8,742–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、5 K：每年 8,753 小时；单年 8,742–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W32 at 10 K: 8,210 hours a year; single years 7,910–8,404; lowest-year coverage 96%、10 K：每年 8,210 小时；单年 7,910–8,404；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W32 at 15 K: 5,536 hours a year; single years 5,177–5,867; lowest-year coverage 96%、15 K：每年 5,536 小时；单年 5,177–5,867；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W40 at 5 K: 8,760 hours a year; single years 8,760–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、5 K：每年 8,760 小时；单年 8,760–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W40 at 10 K: 8,760 hours a year; single years 8,760–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、10 K：每年 8,760 小时；单年 8,760–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W40 at 15 K: 8,689 hours a year; single years 8,625–8,742; lowest-year coverage 96%、15 K：每年 8,689 小时；单年 8,625–8,742；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W45 at 5 K: 8,760 hours a year; single years 8,760–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、5 K：每年 8,760 小时；单年 8,760–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W45 at 10 K: 8,760 hours a year; single years 8,760–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、10 K：每年 8,760 小时；单年 8,760–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA | |
| Climate气候 | Auckland (Auckland Airport)奥克兰（奥克兰机场） (93119099999), W45 at 15 K: 8,760 hours a year; single years 8,760–8,760; lowest-year coverage 96%、15 K：每年 8,760 小时；单年 8,760–8,760；最低单年覆盖率 96% | computed by this site本站计算 | 2020–2024 | NOAA |