The 43ha of land, which is set to home a "hyperscale" data centre, was blessed in Southland yesterday.
The blessing ceremony was run by members of the Waihopai Runaka and people from the Southland community came out to support the event held in Makarewa.
Plans are in place to construct a $700 million data centre project on the land.
Datagrid has the potential to service many companies which were on the look out to store their data away from larger centres.
Datagrid chief executive officer Remi Galasso said the next steps for the initiative were to complete the designs of the facility and seek resource consent from the Southland District Council and Invercargill City Council.
He believed the location was the ideal spot as there were three powerlines which crossed the area.
"They run from Manapouri to Tiwai Point, and the third line comes from PowerNet.
"It is perfect because we will be able to build a power substation and get direct power from those lines. The land is also secure because it is located out of the flood and tsunami zone.
"Our expectation is that we will have at least one or two landing [stations] in New Zealand. Our team is working on potential landings on Oreti Beach or maybe Bluff."
It was an "ambitious project" as other landing stations would be located in Christchurch and Dunedin.
Southland Mayor Gary Tong said the project would provide jobs and opportunity for the district.
"It’s going to be a big build and the end result will benefit everybody.
" It is very exciting. It’s been on the go for two years and it’s fantastic that Remi and his team in due diligence have been able to locate the property in Southland."
