Spark secures resource consent for data centre in world-first sustainable development in Auckland
Spark today announced it has received resource consent to build a new, large-scale data centre on Auckland’s North Shore as part of a 43-hectare masterplan development with global surf park creators Aventuur.
In a world-first, the development will use an innovative heat exchange system enabling excess heat produced by the data centre to warm the water of the nearby surfing lagoon, while an onsite seven-hectare solar farm will supply renewable energy back into the data centre.
Michael Stribling, Spark General Manager of Infrastructure, says, “Accelerating growth in our data centre business is a core focus of Spark’s strategy, and with data usage increasing exponentially, particularly with the advent of generative AI, demand for capacity is growing rapidly. Spark is well positioned to capture its share of this growth, with our existing data centre network, complementary digital infrastructure such as our networks and subsea cable assets, our relationships with cloud hyperscalers, and our ability to provide products and services over the top.
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