Project position
Silverdale Campus One provides 22 MW of operating capacity.
SOVEREIGN COMPUTE · FULL DEEP TRACKER
CDC Data Centres NZ
Auckland sovereign hyperscale campuses and potential renewable-powered expansion.
OPERATING · EXPANDINGAuckland · Stratford conceptCONTINUOUSLY MONITOREDUpdated 8 September 2026
STATUSOPERATING
KEY SIGNAL98 MW disclosed operating
LOCATIONAuckland · Stratford concept
PUBLIC EVIDENCETracked
WHY IT MATTERS
Strategic significance
CDC adds domestic sovereign infrastructure and tests whether large new compute capacity can be aligned with energy, resilience and New Zealand workloads.
CURRENT ASSESSMENT
Operating capacity is established; regional and expansion figures require separate proof.
CDC discloses 98 MW of operating capacity across three Auckland facilities. Its 220 MW+ Auckland regional figure includes expected growth and should not be reported as live operating capacity. Further capacity should be tracked through consent, power, finance, customers and delivered MW.
EVIDENCE GATES
What is confirmed—and what remains open
Material milestone
Hobsonville Campus One provides 22 MW of operating capacity.
Commercial proof
Hobsonville Campus Two provides 54 MW of operating capacity.
Delivery evidence
The 220 MW+ regional capacity figure includes future growth.
KEY FIGURE RECONCILIATION
Do not treat unlike numbers as equivalent
The public commitment or stated project scope.
Physical, technical or operating evidence that the commitment is being executed.
Economic and national outcomes require separate evidence.
DELIVERY & OPERATING STACK
The layers behind the headline
Project propositionDefinedAuckland sovereign hyperscale campuses and potential renewable-powered expansion.
DeliveryUnder reviewMilestones are updated only when a credible source changes the case.
Commercial adoptionEvidence requiredAnnouncements, pilots, contracts and operating use are treated as different stages.
New Zealand valueContinuously assessedLocal jobs, capability, infrastructure, resilience and export value are tracked separately.
VERIFIED TIMELINE
Milestones and status changes
- OperatingThree disclosed Auckland facilities provide 98 MW in aggregate.
- CurrentAuckland growth and Stratford feasibility monitored.
STAKEHOLDER MAP
Who shapes the outcome
- CDC Data Centres
- Contact Energy
- Cloud and public-sector customers
- Local councils and communities
- Network and security partners
DEPENDENCIES
What must align
- Power contracting
- Consents
- Customer demand
- Network diversity
- Capital delivery
RISKS & OPEN QUESTIONS
What is unresolved
- Regional capacity reported as live
- Energy and water impacts
- Customer concentration
- Sovereignty claims exceeding architecture
NEXT SIGNALS
What Digital.nz will watch
- Silverdale expansion
- Stratford decision
- Sovereign workloads
- Energy performance
- Delivered capacity
CORE EVIDENCE REGISTER