Since people are still finding my posts about this, I have not been able to verify the 1GW figure from information on environment Southland, or public LINZ documents (mentioned in the article)
Newsroom is typically pretty good about facts, so hoping they respond to my email asking for their proof.
Kara Bee
The unpaywalled it!
".. the proposed $5 billion Datagrid artificial intelligence data centre has obtained Overseas Investment Office sign-off to expand from an initial 280MW to an absolutely eye-watering 1GW capacity, across a 49-hectare site in Makarewa, north of Invercargill." WTF
Kara Bee
At a time when NZ is desperately commissioning a billion dollar LNG terminal to avoid electricity shortages, it’s also signed off a 1GW AI data centre twice as power-hungry as Tiwai Point smelter. Jonathan Milne investigates.
