Overview

• Amazon Web Services will invest NZ$7.5 billion (US$4.4 billion) to establish a new AWS Region in New Zealand that is intended to serve local users and the wider Asia-Pacific market.
• Customers such as Xero and Kiwibank will gain options to run AI workloads, store data locally, and deliver digital services with lower latency.
• AWS projects more than 1,000 jobs and an estimated NZ$10.8 billion contribution to New Zealand’s economy from the buildout.
• The company has not disclosed specific site locations or a construction timeline, and it says the Region will be powered by New Zealand’s largest wind farm about 150 kilometers north of Wellington.
• The move extends AWS’s multi-country expansion plan reported at over US$50 billion across Asia-Pacific, following large commitments in Australia and a separate US$10 billion data center investment in North Carolina, as executives cite power and component capacity constraints.