Microsoft · New Zealand
Microsoft Whenuapai (lapsed site proposal)
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Also recorded as: Microsoft Whenuapai · 151 Brigham Creek Road
Auckland, Auckland · facility
- Facility type
- hyperscale
- Location evidence
- Approximate city location
- Research status
- Profile reviewed · 50% 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
- Land Information New Zealand records Microsoft 6399 New Zealand Limited's 2023 consent to acquire about 6.5 ha of sensitive land at 151 Brigham Creek Road, Whenuapai from Neil Construction.Checked 2026-11-03 · Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Overseas Investment Office) ↗ · Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand ↗
- Coordinates Not found in checked sources
- The site was never developed; no address feature is used. Approximate city position retained.Checked 2026-11-03 · Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Overseas Investment Office) ↗ · Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand ↗
- Status Conflicting evidence
- A 2023 Overseas Investment Office consent existed, but the land was not acquired and the consent lapsed per the OIO's statement to NZ Herald (May 2026).Checked 2026-11-03 · NZ Herald (Chris Keall) ↗ · Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Overseas Investment Office) ↗
151 Brigham Creek Road, Whenuapai, Auckland
Checked 2026-11-03 · Map coordinates still to be verified
Open this address in maps ↗Capacity & development
Power basis not established
NZ Herald (May 2026) reports that the timeframe for Microsoft to acquire the land passed without acquisition, so the consent can no longer be relied on and no data centre was built. The earlier planned status is withdrawn; the record is retained as a lapsed proposal.
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 Whenuapai: directory profile and specifications ↗
Data Center Map · checked 2026-09-11
Public listing 11342; location, overview, specs tabs. Address/location header and labelled technical specification rows.
- Overseas investment decision for case 202200050 - Microsoft 6399 New Zealand Limited ↗
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (Overseas Investment Office) · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2023-02-08
Decision table rows 'Investment', 'Vendor' and 'Background'
- Microsoft 6399 New Zealand Limited overseas investment notice of decision and consent with conditions – 202200050 (OIA release) ↗
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand · checked 2026-11-03 · published 2026-07-31
Summary paragraph above 'Available formats and related files'
- 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'
- Natural Earth populated places, 1:10m ↗
Natural Earth · checked 2026-09-10
Australia and New Zealand populated-place features