A large-scale data center powered by hydrogen is reportedly being planned in New Zealand.
“On September 27, Mobii Green Energy Group and New Zealand energy company North Rakaia Ltd. officially signed the "Green Hi-City Cooperation Agreement" at Christchurch Town Hall,” Mobii Green Energy founder Kenny Tseng said on LinkedIn last week.
Tseng said the first phase of the project will see sovereign funds and international private equity funds invest US$2 billion to develop 850MW of solar power, 300MW of wind power, a green hydrogen production facility, a hydrogen power plant, and a containerized computing power center set to house 5,120 H200 servers.
Construction is set to begin in December, with green hydrogen trial power generation, solar power supply, and the computing power center expected to be operational by the end of 2025.
The agreement was signed by Mobii’s Tseng and Yali Li, founder of North Rakaia, and witnessed by Sam Broughton, President of Local Government New Zealand and Mayor of Selwyn District Council.
North Rakaia will provide land and a 1.15GW green energy permit and will participate in Mobii Green Energy’s $25 million Pre-A round of financing.
Mobii Green Energy will be responsible for the solar infrastructure, while Tatung System Technologies Inc. will handle the procurement and operation of Supermicro’s liquid-cooled servers.
Google Cloud and Blockchain firm Zen42.ai will reportedly oversee the green computing power center's operations.
Local press report Chinese operator Vnet (formerly 21Vianet) will handle the construction of the data center facility, which could total 750MW.
Taiwan-based Mobii provides energy energy solutions and services. It aims to create a network of green hydrogen-powered data centers. The company has previously signed an MoU with Taipei City to partner on green hydrogen data centers.