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New Zealand leads in energy transition but faces skills gap

New Zealand leads Asia-Pacific in energy transition investment, with 77% of firms committing over 10% of capital to renewables, yet faces a skills shortage.

By Melvin Hipolito • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Jul 2025

Power / Energy

maincubes signs 10-year solar power agreement, bolstering sustainability

maincubes takes a major step towards sustainability with a 10-year solar power purchase agreement, expected to supply its FRA03 data centre with up to 34 megawatts peak power.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Mar 2024

Power / Energy

Vultr expands eco-friendly cloud infrastructure with NVIDIA GPUs

Vultr, the world's largest private cloud platform, boosts its commitment to sustainable computing with an eco-friendly expansion of cloud infrastructure, deploying NVIDIA GPUs at Sabey's green run Data Centres.

By Imee Dequito • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Mar 2024

Power / Energy

Etix Everywhere Borealis data centre goes 100% green

The company has been busy in the past months having signed several contracts with the major Icelandic power providers.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 19th Feb 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Green Mountain expands hydro-powered Norway data centre

Despite its cool climate – or rather because of it – the Nordics are hot real estate for data centres at the moment.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Nov 2018

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Data Analytics

Committed to a green future

New Zealand businesses are ramping up energy-transition spending, but many still lack net zero plans and public emissions reporting.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Fri, 11th Jul 2025

Agricultural Technology

How emissions dropped across every sector

Reduced livestock numbers and wetter weather helped drive a 2 per cent fall in New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Sun, 13th Apr 2025

Power / Energy

Why EVs are actually driving up emissions globally

EVs are linked to higher CO2 output in 26 countries, with the researchers saying only grids powered by far more renewables will cut emissions.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Apr 2025

Agricultural Technology

Region plagued with water restrictions investigates massive dam

A government grant will test whether Hawke's Bay can revive a controversial dam scheme after years of water shortages and legal setbacks.

By Linda Hall • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Dec 2024

Space

6 global changes we’re not ready for

A UN University report warns that water, food, heat and insurance systems are nearing tipping points that could trigger collapse.

By Staff Writer • 10 min read • Tue, 21st Nov 2023

Risk & Compliance

Unpacking the buzzword ‘sustainability’

In civil construction, the concept hinges on system boundaries, with finite resources, waste and carbon shaping whether projects can endure.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Tue, 8th Aug 2023

Agricultural Technology

RMA reform must not hinder critical water infrastructure

New Zealand growers could face higher food costs and poorer water security if reform leaves storage projects harder to finance, IrrigationNZ says.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2023

Power / Energy

Water sector a key player in managing climate change

Poor sanitation and water management are emitting methane, while better policy could help cut climate pollution and expand clean energy.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 21st Jan 2022

Disaster Recovery

Celebrating civil construction excellence

Projects that kept ferries running, roads safer and power supply secure were among the winners at Civil Contractors New Zealand’s awards in Wellington.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Sun, 1st Aug 2021