Microsoft to establish its first datacenter region in New Zealand

Forums › IT Pro and developers › Microsoft to establish its first datacenter region in New Zealand

timbee

56 posts

Master Geek

#270367 6-May-2020 11:58

https://news.microsoft.com/en-nz/2020/05/06/aotearoa-disclosure/?_lrsc=f766bd83-25ce-4dee-89c3-61d2ea3d81b5

Pretty huge for cloud in NZ, will definitely generate a lot of new Cloud business their way so hoping AWS & Google follow suit

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

4201 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#2477706 6-May-2020 12:03

This is really good news. Local Azure and Office 365. Also hopefully local Xbox servers so no more aussie latency. I wonder which city though they are going to pick.

Do whatever you want to do man.

danielfaulknor

657 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Prodigi

Subscriber

#2477709 6-May-2020 12:14

billgates:

I wonder which city though they are going to pick.

I'd be very surprised if it wasn't Auckland

Prodigi - Optimised IT Solutions
WebOps/DevOps, Managed IT, Hosting and Internet/WAN.

Zepanda66

398 posts

Ultimate Geek

#2477717 6-May-2020 12:19

Could this be for Project xCloud?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/7315955530.png

cokemaster

Nate wants an iphone
3933 posts

Uber Geek

Mod Emeritus

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2477720 6-May-2020 12:21

danielfaulknor:

billgates:

I wonder which city though they are going to pick.

I'd be very surprised if it wasn't Auckland

Huntly or Gore are frontrunners if certain '**** towns of NZ' were to be believed :P

webhosting |New Zealand connections | geekzone IRC chat
Loose lips may sink ships - Be smart - Don't post internal/commercially sensitive or confidential information!

nathan

5334 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Microsoft

#2477732 6-May-2020 12:28

Zepanda66:
Could this be for Project xCloud?

Project xCloud is powered by Microsoft Azure

This announcement is for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform

amanzi

963 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#2477736 6-May-2020 12:32

This is HUGE news!

Wonder how long before AWS responds...

nathan

5334 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Microsoft

#2477760 6-May-2020 12:38

cokemaster:

Huntly or Gore are frontrunners if certain '**** towns of NZ' were to be believed :P

I heard there may be some cheap electricity and cool temperatures in Bluff

DjShadow

3236 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#2477770 6-May-2020 12:57

nathan:

cokemaster:

Huntly or Gore are frontrunners if certain '**** towns of NZ' were to be believed :P

I heard there may be some cheap electricity and cool temperatures in Bluff

If it were up to me I'd put it in Hamilton. No volcanos, quakes super rare, weather is hardly interesting, etc. Land is cheaper too.

amanzi

963 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#2477774 6-May-2020 13:04

billgates:

I wonder which city though they are going to pick.

Will be interesting to see if they will support availability zones here - meaning multiple datacentres within a couple milliseconds latency between each other. I would have thought that Auckland would be the primary candidate for a datacentre due to the proximity of the sumbarine cables. Huntly/Hamilton isn't too far from Auckland.