New Zealand Data Center Power Market Size and Share

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New Zealand Data Center Power Market Analysis by Mordor Intelligence

The New Zealand data center power market size is estimated at USD 127.28 million in 2025 and is forecast to reach USD 250.78 million by 2030, advancing at a 14.43% CAGR. Operators are prioritizing high-efficiency UPS architectures, intelligent PDUs, and on-site storage to trim operating costs and satisfy stringent sustainability targets. Hydrogen fuel-cell pilots and grid-interactive battery systems are also moving from proof-of-concept to early deployment as providers seek resilience in a nation prone to seismic risk. Geographic diversification beyond Auckland has begun, with South Island sites leveraging cooler air for free cooling and abundant hydro capacity to cut power usage effectiveness ratios. Competitive differentiation is shifting toward carbon metrics rather than only PUE, pushing vendors to integrate real-time carbon monitoring and renewable matching into power platforms. 

Key Report Takeaways

  • By component, UPS systems led with 37.21% of the New Zealand data center power market share in 2024; PDUs are set to expand at a 15.2% CAGR to 2030.
  • By data-center type, colocation providers held 42.0% revenue share of the New Zealand data center power market in 2024, while the segment posts the fastest 16.3% CAGR through 2030.
  • By size, large facilities accounted for 27.12% share of the New Zealand data center power market size in 2024; massive facilities are projected to grow at 14.7% CAGR between 2025-2030.
  • By tier, Tier III installations commanded 53.21% of the New Zealand data center power market size in 2024; Tier IV is advancing at a 16.7% CAGR through 2030.

Segment Analysis

By Component: UPS leadership underpins critical power resilience

The New Zealand data center power market recorded UPS systems capturing 37.21% share in 2024, reflecting their central role in ride-through capability during grid disturbances. Modular designs enable N+1 or 2N topologies without over-provisioning, a priority in seismically active zones where runtime continuity is paramount. ABB’s 99%-efficient PCS100 is popular among mega-site operators because it slots into existing MV switchboards without derating, preserving floor space and reducing cooling loads. Operators pair these UPS blocks with lithium-ion strings that provide higher energy density and faster recharge than legacy VRLA, further enhancing availability.

PDUs are the fastest-growing component, rising at a 15.2% CAGR as intelligent models deliver granular per-outlet monitoring, automated branch-circuit alerts, and remote firmware updates. Such visibility helps operators tune loads in real time, driving lower PUE and meeting carbon reporting requirements. Switchgear, transfer switches, and remote power panels also see steady demand, while fuel-cell generators begin supplanting diesel in pilot deployments for carbon-free backup. Together, these dynamics keep the New Zealand data center power market on a technology-refresh cycle that favours efficiency and resilience upgrades every five to seven years.

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By Data Center Type: Colocation capacity expands fastest

Colocation providers held 42% revenue share of the New Zealand data center power market in 2024 and are expanding at 16.3% CAGR, buoyed by enterprise outsourcing and by software-as-a-service firms seeking certified green power. CDC Data Centres’ plan to add 200 MW epitomises the scale of future builds and underscores how operators leverage renewable credentials to win multi-tenant contracts.

Hyperscalers follow close behind, driven by AWS and Microsoft expansions that prioritise fault-tolerant electrical designs and carbon-free backup. Enterprise and edge facilities remain smaller in aggregate capacity but are vital for compliance-sensitive workloads requiring data sovereignty and low latency. Edge deployments rely on prefabricated power pods that can be shipped to cable landing sites, offering <100 kW blocks with integrated lithium-ion storage. The diverse mix of facility types ensures that the New Zealand data center power market remains attractive across the value chain, from multi-megawatt switchgear suppliers to niche PDU innovators.

By Data Center Size: Large sites dominate, massive sites accelerate

Large data centers (5-10 MW) commanded a 27.12% share of the New Zealand data center power market size in 2024, striking a balance between scale economies and urban grid constraints. Many serve colocation tenants who demand expandable suites without incurring the risk of oversupply. Design templates typically feature ring-bus MV distribution and modular UPS strings to align capex with utilisation.

Massive sites (>20 MW) are the fastest-growing cohort at a 14.7% CAGR to 2030, driven by hyperscale cloud roadmaps. Their step-change in load density requires early engagement with Transpower to reinforce grid nodes and may include STATCOMs for voltage regulation, as implemented at the Ōtāhuhu substation in 2025. Medium and small facilities continue to serve niche requirements such as government, private cloud, and retail edge caching, ensuring a multi-tier demand structure that keeps the New Zealand data center power market diversified.

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By Tier Level: Tier III remains mainstream while Tier IV gains ground

Tier III facilities held 53.21% of the New Zealand data center power market size in 2024, offering concurrent maintainability without the premium of full fault tolerance. Typical electrical topologies deploy N+1 UPS and multiple utility feeds, a configuration seen as sufficient for most financial services and SaaS clients.

Tier IV growth is strongest at 16.7% CAGR because hyperscalers and critical public-sector workloads require zero downtime. These designs layer 2N+1 UPS redundancy, segregated electrical rooms, and dual MV utility connections. Seismic bracing adds 15-20% to electrical installation costs, but operators accept the premium to guarantee uptime in quake-prone Wellington. Tier I and Tier II footprints continue shrinking as legacy enterprise rooms migrate into colocation footprints aligned with higher resilience expectations.

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Geography Analysis

Auckland houses seven facilities totaling 49 MW, anchoring the New Zealand data center power market as the nation’s digital gateway. Vector’s ongoing underground-cable projects aim to reduce outage incidence, yet data-center load growth still outpaces distribution upgrades, prompting joint investment models where operators co-finance substations. Cooling relies increasingly on indirect evaporative systems that exploit the city’s temperate marine climate to limit compressor runtime.

Wellington represents an emerging cluster shaped by seismic realities. The Wellington Lifelines study quantifies NZD 3.9 billion in resilience capex that could avert NZD 6 billion in post-quake losses, underscoring the economic case for flexible cable trays, isolated switchgear skids, and quick-couple battery racks. Transpower lists the region as a priority for grid-hardening, with STATCOM installations planned to stabilise voltage amid rising electric-transport and data-center peaks.

South Island sites in Christchurch and Invercargill harness cooler ambient temperatures and proximity to hydro dams, enabling free-air cooling for 11-12 months per year. DLA Piper notes these factors could unlock a wave of sustainable builds once additional subsea cables land in 2026, effectively widening the New Zealand data center power market beyond its North Island stronghold. Transmission limitations remain a bottleneck, however, prompting discussions on dedicated high-voltage spurs to future hyperscale parks.

Competitive Landscape

Global OEMs dominate the New Zealand data center power market, yet tailor portfolios to local conditions. Schneider Electric combines lithium-ion UPS modules and EcoStruxure DCIM into integrated energy platforms that now embed machine-learning-based failure prediction, delivering 15-20% additional efficiency in pilot rollouts. Vertiv’s Liebert APM2 UPS offers hot-swappable power cores and 97.5% online efficiency, while SmartAisle 3 orchestrates dynamic load balancing for AI workloads. ABB leverages its PCS100 MV UPS for mega-sites where operators seek retrofit-friendly, high-efficiency modules.

Local systems integrators bridge international hardware with New Zealand’s seismic codes, providing flexible cable containment, shock-isolated switchboards, and commissioning services. Emerging niches include hydrogen fuel-cell generator projects led by Microsoft and Renewable Innovations, aiming for zero-carbon backup by 2030. Battery energy-storage vendors are positioning systems that couple UPS strings with peak-shaving algorithms to capture arbitrage from off-peak hydro surplus, aligning cost savings with carbon targets.

Competition is increasingly measured by carbon transparency rather than headline efficiency. Vendors now publish real-time CUE dashboards and interoperate with utility renewable-matching APIs. As green procurement policies tighten, supply-chain provenance and embodied-carbon disclosures have become bid differentiators, ensuring the New Zealand data center power market evolves toward holistic sustainability metrics.

New Zealand Data Center Power Industry Leaders

  1. Schneider Electric SE

  2. Vertiv Group Corp.

  3. ABB Ltd.

  4. Eaton Corporation plc

  5. Cummins Inc.

  6. *Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
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Recent Industry Developments

  • April 2025: Spark New Zealand added heat-recovery infrastructure to warm a nearby surfing lagoon and signed a solar PPA covering 60% of its 40 MW data-center demand.
  • February 2025: Schneider Electric launched an AI-optimised power-management platform that lifted energy efficiency by up to 20% in early customer trials.
  • January 2025: Hitachi Energy and Transpower installed a ±150 MVAr STATCOM at the Ōtāhuhu substation to stabilise voltage for Auckland’s expanding data-center load.
  • December 2024: Microsoft opened its first Azure region in Auckland powered by 100% certified carbon-zero electricity and renewable biofuel generators.

Table of Contents for New Zealand Data Center Power Industry Report

1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
  • 1.2 Scope of the Study

2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4. MARKET LANDSCAPE

  • 4.1 Market Overview
  • 4.2 Market Drivers
    • 4.2.1 Rising Adoption of Hyperscale and Cloud Data Centers
    • 4.2.2 Growing Need to cut OPEX via High-Efficiency Power Architectures
    • 4.2.3 Government Renewable-Energy and Carbon-Neutral Mandates
    • 4.2.4 Expansion of Submarine Cable Connectivity Enabling Edge Services
    • 4.2.5 Off-Peak Renewable Surplus Pricing Incentives
    • 4.2.6 Cool Marine Climate Enabling Free-Air Cooling and Lower UPS Derating
  • 4.3 Market Restraints
    • 4.3.1 High Installation and Maintenance Costs of Advanced Power Systems
    • 4.3.2 Grid Capacity Constraints and Volatile Electricity Prices
    • 4.3.3 Earthquake-Driven Seismic Design Costs for Power Equipment
    • 4.3.4 Limited Domestic Manufacturing; Long Lead-Times for Switchgear/UPS
  • 4.4 Value / Supply-Chain Analysis
  • 4.5 Regulatory Landscape
  • 4.6 Technological Outlook
  • 4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
    • 4.7.1 Threat of New Entrants
    • 4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
    • 4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    • 4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes
    • 4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry
  • 4.8 Assessment of Macro-economic Trends on the Market

5. MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH FORECASTS (VALUE)

  • 5.1 By Component
    • 5.1.1 Electrical Solutions
    • 5.1.1.1 UPS Systems
    • 5.1.1.2 Generators
    • 5.1.1.2.1 Diesel Generators
    • 5.1.1.2.2 Gas Generators
    • 5.1.1.2.3 Hydrogen Fuel-cell Generators
    • 5.1.1.3 Power Distribution Units
    • 5.1.1.4 Switchgear
    • 5.1.1.5 Transfer Switches
    • 5.1.1.6 Remote Power Panels
    • 5.1.1.7 Energy-storage Systems
    • 5.1.2 Service
    • 5.1.2.1 Installation and Commissioning
    • 5.1.2.2 Maintenance and Support
    • 5.1.2.3 Training and Consulting
  • 5.2 By Data Center Type
    • 5.2.1 Hyperscaler/Cloud Service Providers
    • 5.2.2 Colocation Providers
    • 5.2.3 Enterprise and Edge Data Center
  • 5.3 By Data Center Size
    • 5.3.1 Small Size Data Centers
    • 5.3.2 Medium Size Data Centers
    • 5.3.3 Large Size Data Centers
    • 5.3.4 Massive Size Data Centers
    • 5.3.5 Mega Size Data Centers
  • 5.4 By Tier Level
    • 5.4.1 Tier I and II
    • 5.4.2 Tier III
    • 5.4.3 Tier IV

6. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

  • 6.1 Market Concentration
  • 6.2 Strategic Moves
  • 6.3 Market Share Analysis
  • 6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global level Overview, Market level overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share for key companies, Products and Services, and Recent Developments)
    • 6.4.1 Schneider Electric SE
    • 6.4.2 Vertiv Group Corp.
    • 6.4.3 ABB Ltd.
    • 6.4.4 Eaton Corporation plc
    • 6.4.5 Cummins Inc.
    • 6.4.6 Caterpillar Inc.
    • 6.4.7 Legrand Group
    • 6.4.8 Rolls-Royce Power Systems (mtu)
    • 6.4.9 Rittal GmbH and Co. KG
    • 6.4.10 Fujitsu Limited
    • 6.4.11 Cisco Systems Inc.
    • 6.4.12 APC by Schneider Electric
    • 6.4.13 Delta Electronics Inc.
    • 6.4.14 Socomec Group
    • 6.4.15 Riello UPS
    • 6.4.16 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
    • 6.4.17 Spark New Zealand Ltd.
    • 6.4.18 CDC Data Centres
    • 6.4.19 Datacom Group Ltd.
    • 6.4.20 Microsoft Corp. (NZ Azure Region)

7. MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

  • 7.1 White-space and Unmet-need Assessment
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New Zealand Data Center Power Market Report Scope

Data center power refers to the power infrastructure, including electrical components and electrical distribution systems, which provide the power necessary to operate and support the devices and servers within the data center. It includes various components and technologies designed to ensure a reliable, uninterruptible power supply for data center IT equipment, including uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power distribution units (PDU), backup generators, and other power management solutions tailored to the specific needs of data centers. Data center operators achieve data center redundancy through duplicated components to maintain uninterrupted operations in the event of failure of some components and to maintain uptime during maintenance.

The New Zealand data center power market is segmented by power infrastructure (electrical solution (UPS systems, generators, and power distribution solutions (PDU, switchgear, critical power distribution, transfer switches, remote power panels, and others)) and service) and end user (IT and telecommunication, BFSI, government, media and entertainment, and other end users). The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value (USD million) for all the above segments.

By Component Electrical Solutions UPS Systems
Generators Diesel Generators
Gas Generators
Hydrogen Fuel-cell Generators
Power Distribution Units
Switchgear
Transfer Switches
Remote Power Panels
Energy-storage Systems
Service Installation and Commissioning
Maintenance and Support
Training and Consulting
By Data Center Type Hyperscaler/Cloud Service Providers
Colocation Providers
Enterprise and Edge Data Center
By Data Center Size Small Size Data Centers
Medium Size Data Centers
Large Size Data Centers
Massive Size Data Centers
Mega Size Data Centers
By Tier Level Tier I and II
Tier III
Tier IV
By Component
Electrical Solutions UPS Systems
Generators Diesel Generators
Gas Generators
Hydrogen Fuel-cell Generators
Power Distribution Units
Switchgear
Transfer Switches
Remote Power Panels
Energy-storage Systems
Service Installation and Commissioning
Maintenance and Support
Training and Consulting
By Data Center Type
Hyperscaler/Cloud Service Providers
Colocation Providers
Enterprise and Edge Data Center
By Data Center Size
Small Size Data Centers
Medium Size Data Centers
Large Size Data Centers
Massive Size Data Centers
Mega Size Data Centers
By Tier Level
Tier I and II
Tier III
Tier IV
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Key Questions Answered in the Report

How big is the New Zealand Data Center Power Market?

The New Zealand Data Center Power Market size is expected to reach USD 127.82 million in 2025 and grow at a CAGR of 14.43% to reach USD 250.78 million by 2030.

What is the current New Zealand Data Center Power Market size?

In 2025, the New Zealand Data Center Power Market size is expected to reach USD 127.82 million.

Who are the key players in New Zealand Data Center Power Market?

ABB Ltd., Schneider Electric SE, Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, Fujitsu Limited and Legrand Group are the major companies operating in the New Zealand Data Center Power Market.

What years does this New Zealand Data Center Power Market cover, and what was the market size in 2024?

In 2024, the New Zealand Data Center Power Market size was estimated at USD 109.38 million. The report covers the New Zealand Data Center Power Market historical market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The report also forecasts the New Zealand Data Center Power Market size for years: 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030.

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