• Chorus opened its first purpose-built fibre-only exchange in Drury, marking a shift away from copper-based infrastructure.
• The new facility is designed to scale with South Auckland population growth, improve network resilience, cut energy use, reduce carbon emissions.
• The build replaces the former Drury exchange, relocated to enable State Highway 1 realignment under the Papakura to Drury project.
• Drury-area average monthly data use rose to 787GB in February 2026 from 515GB in February 2020; fibre uptake increased to 73% from 62%.

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