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Strategic Case Trackers

Projects and platforms under active review. Every file follows the same evidence framework so changes can be compared over time.

13 LIVING RECORDSReviewed 9 October 2026Evidence · milestones · dependencies · risks · next signals
01 · AI DATA CENTREEARLY WORKS + STRATEGIC COMMITMENTS
Makarewa · Southland

Datagrid Makarewa

A living intelligence file covering site works, power, connectivity, delivery milestones, community impacts and the surrounding investment landscape.

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02 · HYPERSCALE CLOUDOPERATIONAL · ADOPTION TRACKING
Auckland · New Zealand

Microsoft NZ North

A living evidence file separating the launch of Microsoft’s New Zealand cloud region from service availability, completed customer migrations, resilience, data-sovereignty outcomes and domestic value capture.

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03 · SUBSEA CONNECTIVITYCONTRACTED · DELIVERY PENDING
Auckland–Sydney

SX Tasman Express

A new direct trans-Tasman digital artery designed to connect Auckland and Sydney data-centre hubs.

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04 · SUBSEA CONNECTIVITYCONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED
Pacific network · Auckland branch

Honomoana Cable

A Google-led Pacific system and the operating status of its New Zealand branch.

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05 · SOVEREIGN COMPUTEOPERATING · EXPANDING
Auckland · Stratford concept

CDC Data Centres NZ

Auckland sovereign hyperscale campuses and potential renewable-powered expansion.

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06 · NATIONAL AI CAPABILITYFUNDED · BUILDING
New Zealand

NZIAT AI Platform

Public research investment, delivery gates and pathways to national value.

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07 · SPACE ECONOMYOPERATING · EXPANDING
Auckland · Māhia · Waikato

Rocket Lab NZ

Launch, spacecraft and New Zealand value-capture indicators.

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08 · AGRITECH · PHYSICAL AIFUNDED · SCALING
New Zealand + global

Halter

Virtual fencing scale, global expansion and product execution.

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09 · SPACE TRANSPORTFLIGHT TESTING
Christchurch · Tāwhaki

Dawn Aerospace

Reusable spaceplane milestones, regulatory gates and commercial evidence.

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10 · ENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREFAST-TRACK APPROVED · PRE-FID
Southland

Southland Wind Farm

Consents, grid, financing and final investment decision signals.

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11 · SCIENTIFIC COMPUTEOPERATING
New Zealand

NIWA Cascade

National scientific computing capability and realised public value.

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12 · SPACE TECHNOLOGYFUNDED · IN DEVELOPMENT
Auckland · New Zealand

Outlier Space

Reusable re-entry vehicle concept and flight, customer and licensing gates.

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13 · FRONTIER ENERGYRESEARCH PROTOTYPE
Wellington

OpenStar Technologies

Levitated-dipole fusion research, technical milestones and commercial distance.