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Contact and CDC plan 250-megawatt renewable datacentre in Stratford

Contact Energy and CDC Data Centres are exploring a large datacentre powered by renewable energy near a retired power station in Taranaki.

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Contact Energy and Infratil-backed CDC Data Centres have announced plans to explore development of a 250-megawatt datacentre in Taranaki. The project would be built on land near Contact's retired Taranaki Combined Cycle gas-fired power station and would be supported by co-located battery storage. The companies will seek resource consent for the Stratford site.

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CDC, Contact pitch Stratford as renewable-powered datacentre player

Contact Energy and Infratil-backed CDC Data Centres have announced plans to explore development of a 250-megawatt datacentre in Taranaki. In a market announcement on Monday morning, the companies said they will seek resource consent for the project, on land near…

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NZ Herald

Contact Energy and CDC explore 250MW Stratford data centre

Contact and CDC are exploring a 250MW data centre at Stratford.

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