Microsoft · New Zealand
Microsoft Westgate
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Also recorded as: New Zealand North
Auckland, Auckland · facility
- Facility type
- hyperscale
- Location evidence
- Approximate city location
- Research status
- Profile reviewed · 75% core-field coverage
Core-field coverage counts eight basic fields available in the Atlas. It is not an accuracy score or a measure of technical specification completeness. Individual evidence checks appear below.
Evidence by field
Evidence status applies to the named field and cited sources. “Not found” means those sources do not establish the fact; it does not establish absence.
- Address Source checked
- NZ Herald (May 2026) reports Microsoft's Overseas Investment Office approval to buy land at 7 Kanano Rd in Westgate, where it built its data centre; its 2021 report of the property records spells the street Kakano Rd. Microsoft does not disclose exact locations.Checked 2026-11-03 · NZ Herald (Chris Keall) ↗ · NZ Herald ↗
- Coordinates Not found in checked sources
- No Kanano Road feature exists in OpenStreetMap. Approximate city position retained.Checked 2026-11-03 · NZ Herald (Chris Keall) ↗ · NZ Herald ↗
- Status Source checked
- Region opened December 2024 per Microsoft and RNZ.Checked 2026-11-03 · Microsoft News Centre New Zealand ↗ · RNZ (Nona Pelletier) ↗
7 Kanano Road, Westgate, Auckland
Checked 2026-11-03 · Map coordinates still to be verified
Open this address in maps ↗Opening & commissioning history
- 2024-12-12 · New Zealand North region opens
Microsoft's announcement date for the region opening; the data centre's own commissioning date is not disclosed.
Capacity & development
Power basis not established · Source as of 2024-12-12
Microsoft announced its New Zealand North hyperscale cloud region open on 12 December 2024; NZ Herald reports the Westgate data centre opened in December 2024. Capacity is not disclosed.
Government certification
Australian HCF not applicable
Australia's Hosting Certification Framework does not apply to this New Zealand record.
What certification covers →Scope and context
- First listed from a public Data Center Map listing; identity, address and lifecycle have since been checked against the operator, planning and news sources cited on this record.
Compute, workloads & commercial commitments
Site-specific workloads, GPU inventory and customer contracts are not established by the cited evidence. Electrical capacity and AI-ready specifications alone do not establish these details.
Explore demand, compute types and commitments →Evidence trail
- Microsoft Westgate: directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 11341; location, overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- Unbuilt data centres: Microsoft and Amazon hit by use-it-or-lose-it deadlines - Tech Insider ↗
NZ Herald (Chris Keall) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2026-05
Section 'Microsoft's first data centre: built'; Sections 'Microsoft's second data centre: Never built, consent lost' and '... and they lost it'
- Where Microsoft bought land for $100m-plus New Zealand (Revealed: Microsoft's $100m-plus NZ location) ↗
NZ Herald · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2021
Paragraph beginning 'Latest property records' and Microsoft spokesperson quote
- New Zealand's First Hyperscale Cloud is Open for Business ↗
Microsoft News Centre New Zealand · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2024-12-12
Opening paragraphs after the bullet summary
- Microsoft opens first hyperscale data centre in New Zealand ↗
RNZ (Nona Pelletier) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2024-12-12
Paragraphs 6-7 of article
- Natural Earth populated places, 1:10m ↗
Natural Earth · checked 2026-09-10
Australia and New Zealand populated-place features