PremiumJamie GrayBusiness Reporter·NZ Herald·13 Aug, 2026 07:00 PM6 mins to read‌Contact chief executive Mike Fuge announced plans to explore building a 250-megawatt data centre in Taranaki this week. Photo / Brett Phibbs / PhibbsVisualsContact Energy has ambitions to join the data centre club, following its competitor Mercury’s move to get involved in a plan to build a huge facility in Southland.

As part of its results announcement this week, Contact said it was working with Australia’s CDC Data Centres – half-owned by