新西兰已批准新加坡Datagrid公司投资35亿新西兰元建设一座280兆瓦的AI数据中心，该项目预计于2028年启动运营1。该数据中心建成后将成为新西兰第二大用电户，仅次于Tiwai Point铝冶炼厂1，并预计将该国的数据处理能力增加一倍以上1。
数据中心的高耗电量引发了对电力系统的关注。为满足280兆瓦的电力需求，Datagrid已与Mercury公司签署电力购买协议，覆盖其中140兆瓦的用量1。根据Transpower的估计，每削减一吉瓦的峰值电力需求可避免约15亿新西兰元的系统成本1。通过灵活调度数据中心的用电方式，可使其成为支持可再生能源的电网资产。绿党最近提议对新AI数据中心实施为期一年的暂停1。
New Zealand has approved Singaporean company Datagrid to construct a 280-megawatt artificial intelligence data centre near Invercargill, with an investment of NZ$3.5 billion and an expected opening in 2028 1. Once operational, the facility will become the country's second-largest electricity consumer, trailing only the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter 1. The project is anticipated to more than double the nation's data processing capacity 1.
The scale of data centre electricity consumption presents both challenges and opportunities for New Zealand's grid. In comparison, Irish data centres accounted for nearly one-quarter of that country's metered electricity consumption last year 1. To manage demand effectively, Datagrid has secured a power purchase agreement with Mercury covering 140 megawatts of its total 280-megawatt requirement 1. The flexibility of data centre operations offers potential benefits for the electricity system: Transpower estimates that reducing peak demand by each gigawatt could avoid approximately NZ$1.5 billion in system costs 1. By allowing data centres to adjust their power consumption in response to grid conditions, they can function as a stabilizing asset supporting renewable energy integration rather than simply imposing additional strain on the network. However, the project has faced political resistance, with the Green Party recently proposing a one-year moratorium on new artificial intelligence data centres 1.
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