T4 Group has confirmed its plans to construct a state-of-the-art green, hyperscale Tier 4 datacentre in Southland are on track, with stage one expected to commence between May and June despite recent uncertainty surrounding the construction of the DataGrid datacentre.  

T4 Group COO David Simpson said they were currently negotiating land purchase and had developed numerous international partnerships, demonstrating a readiness to build a world-leading facility that would provide businesses and individuals with secure and sustainable data storage and processing. 

“This is exciting for the region, as the majority of T4 Group is owned by Southlanders."

“We’re thrilled to be bringing this level of security and uptime to the region and the project will also be a New Zealand first as there are no other Tier 4 datacentres in the country." 

“It’s wonderful to have this burgeoning industry in Southland, and even more incredible to have DataGrid’s journey take place alongside ours,” Simpson said.

Simpson said their datacentre would utilise the latest in energy-efficient technologies, to significantly reduce its energy consumption and carbon footprint.

The initiative was a promising sign of growth and development in the region, Simpson said, and offered exciting opportunities for the future of Southland's economy and people.

Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds said she was pleased that plans to construct this state-of-the-art, sustainable datacentre in Southland were on track. 

“I support this project because of the tremendous potential it has for our province going forward."

“It will create employment during construction and once completed will position Southland at the forefront of this technology," Simmonds said.

T4 Group is also located in Auckland and Northland.