Market comparison
Christchurch, New Zealand vs Wellington (Te Aro), New Zealand
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Christchurch — 8 facilities from 7 operators, Wellington (Te Aro) — 7 facilities from 7 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Christchurch, New Zealand
8
Tracked facilities · Operators: 7
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Wellington (Te Aro), New Zealand
7
Tracked facilities · Operators: 7
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Christchurch | Wellington (Te Aro) |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 8 | 7 |
| Operators | 7 | 7 |
| Published IT capacity | 1 MW (1 of 8 sites publish) | 2 MW (1 of 7 sites publish) |
| Operational | 8 | 7 |
| Under construction / announced | 0 | 0 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 0 | 0 |
| Sites with any certification | 1 | 1 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 0 | 0 |
| AI-ready sites | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | not published | not published |
| Average Coloprice Score | 11/100 across 8 sites | 12/100 across 7 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-10-01; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Tracked facilities: Christchurch — 8; Wellington (Te Aro) — 7
- Published IT capacity: Christchurch — 1 MW (1 of 8 sites publish); Wellington (Te Aro) — 2 MW (1 of 7 sites publish)
- Operational: Christchurch — 8; Wellington (Te Aro) — 7
- Average Coloprice Score: Christchurch — 11/100 across 8 sites; Wellington (Te Aro) — 12/100 across 7 sites
Top facilities by score
Christchurch, New Zealand
- Datacom Gloucester Data Centre Datacom Group · 1 MW
- TenPeaks Data Centre Christchurch Airport TenPeaks Data Centres
- Spark Digital Christchurch Spark
Wellington (Te Aro), New Zealand
- Datacom Abel Data Centre Datacom Group · 2 MW
- TenPeaks Data Centre Wellington (Trentham) TenPeaks Data Centres
- Spark Digital Trentham Spark
Open Christchurch data centers →Open Wellington (Te Aro) data centers →Colocation pricing in Christchurch →Colocation pricing in Wellington (Te Aro) →
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