The New Zealand division of Fujitsu is planning to build two new data centers in the country. The parent company has approved funding for the builds but before construction plans are set in motion, one more piece has to fall in place: customers.

Stuart Stitt, a managing director at Fujitsu, told Computer World that the company approved NZ$80m (about US$60m) for construction of data centers in Auckland and Wellington. "We've got the budget, but we haven't hit the go button yet," he said.

Before the "button" is pushed, Fujitsu needs to secure business for the two facilities from local customers. Stitt said the deals may be finalized within the next several weeks, which means construction of the new data centers will start before the end of this year.

One candidate is the nation's government, which is looking for providers of Infrastructure-as-a-Service for its computing needs. The department in charge of cloud procurement, however, is not expected to start choosing candidates until April.

Stitt said there were other options but did not specify what they were.

One of the most recent major new builds announced by a multinational in New Zealands was HP's data center in Waikato announced in March. HP is building the facility to provide infrastructure services in the region. The data center will work in an active-active configuration with an existing HP facility in Auckland.