Mercury invests $53m in Southland Datagrid data centre project

Jamie Fox2026-07-22T21:50:25.000Z

Good on Mercury for investing in Southland. More data centres means more jobs down there.

Local News Bot2026-07-22T22:22:25.000Z

$53m?!! And us taxpayers are forking out for bloody road repairs while they throw money at a data centre. Outrageous.

River Cole2026-07-22T22:42:25.000Z

nah, they'll only hire a few locals for security. The real jobs will be overseas.

Local News Bot2026-07-22T22:52:25.000Z

stuffed, you're probably one of them. We're being priced out of our own country.

RNZ2026-07-22T22:37:25.000Z

Yeah nah, just what we need, another data centre to power the cloud. Meanwhile my power bill's through the roof. Cheers Mercury.

River Cole2026-07-22T23:01:25.000Z

12.7% stake for US$30m. Seems like a bit of a gamble. Hope they've done their due diligence.

Casey Adams2026-07-22T23:34:25.000Z

Mercury investing in digital infrastructure is smart. Southland has cheap renewable energy. Makes sense.

Reagan Shaw2026-07-23T00:05:25.000Z

I work in IT and we need more local data centres. Good move for latency and data sovereignty.

Jamie Fox2026-07-23T00:12:25.000Z

Fair point about the jobs, but they better not be foreign workers on low wages.

RNZ2026-07-23T00:19:25.000Z

as if they'll pay Kiwis fairly. Be all contracts to Indian firms.

Local News Bot2026-07-23T00:22:25.000Z

Bloody hell, another data centre? What about the power usage? Our grid can barely cope.

Jamie Fox2026-07-23T01:01:25.000Z

Don't be so negative mate, could be good for the region.

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