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Mar 12, 2026
Eric Bell
World
Indian power infrastructure company Techno Electric has established Techno Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on the data center market.
Techno Digital's first data center is located in Sipcot IT Park, Siruseri, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu's capital. This facility is approximately 250,000 square feet (23,000 sqm) and houses 2,400 racks. It utilizes adiabatic cooling to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.35.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.16 miles | Nxtra Chennai II | |
| 0.27 miles | Vodafone Chennai | |
| 0.68 miles | Equinix CN1 |
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| 0.73 miles | Nxtra Data Chennai | |
| 0.86 miles | AdaniConneX Chennai 1 |
The site is located in SIPCOT IT Park.
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| 0.91 miles | AdaniConneX: Chennai 1 Bldg-2 |
This facility is part of AdaniConneX's Chennai Campus in india.
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| 1.00 miles | Sify: Chennai 02 |
Sify’s Chennai 02 campus is strategically located close to business parks to serve the nearby IT hubs and is well-connected via railways, airways, and the road transport systems.
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| 1.02 miles | Sify: Chennai 2B |
Sify's Chennai 02 Campus launched its first facility, Tower B, in 2024.
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| 1.03 miles | Sify: Chennai 2C |
This data center is a part of Sify's Chennai 02 Campus in India.
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| 1.12 miles | STT Chennai 7 |
STT GDC India has launched its STT Chennai 7 data center at SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri, Chennai, delivering an initial 7.2MW phase within a planned 45MW AI-ready campus. The facility became operational in February 2026, with further phased expansion underway, while the company targets a potential IPO in H1 2027 to support continued growth.
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| 11.74 miles | Sify: Chennai 01 |
Sify's first data center in Chennai, which is also India's first purpose-built data center, has capacity for over 800 racks.
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| 15.08 miles | Nxtra: Chennai III |
Nxtra Chennai III is located in Santhome, Chennai and capable of housing 250 racks.
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| 16.56 miles | Net4 Chennai | |
| 16.89 miles | Ishan Technologies: Chennai |
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| 17.11 miles | Yotta: Chennai |
The Yotta Chennai Data Center Park will consist of five interconnected data center buildings with a total capacity of 25,000 racks.
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| 17.35 miles | NTT Chennai DC1 |
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| 17.50 miles | STT Chennai 1 | |
| 18.81 miles | Colt: CHE1 DC2 |
This planned facility is part of Colt's Chennai Campus in India.
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| 18.84 miles | Colt: Chennai 1 |
Colt Data Centre Services has secured a 10-acre plot in Chennai for data center development.
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| 19.42 miles | NTT: Chennai 2 |
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| 19.48 miles | Iron Mountain: Chennai CHN-1 |
Two data centers with eight data halls each will offer nearly 800,000 square feet of AI-ready space, with on-site access to Tier 1 carriers and other connectivity and service providers.
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| 19.48 miles | Iron Mountain: CHN-2 |
This facility will be part of Iron Mountain's Chennai Campus in India.
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| 19.73 miles | Digital Connexion: Chennai |
Digital Connexion's first greenfield data center in India, MAA10, located in Chennai's Ambattur Industrial Estate, serves as a strategic connectivity hub for Southeast Asia.
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| 19.94 miles | CtrlS: Chennai DC2 |
Chennai DC 2, the second building on CtrlS's Chennai Campus, is located in the Ambattur industrial area and spans 290,000 sq ft (26,900 sqm).
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| 19.97 miles | CtrlS: Chennai Datacenter Park |
The CtrlS Chennai Datacenter Park comprises two buildings spanning a total of 1 million square feet (92,900 sqm).
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Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd. (TEECL) was founded in 1963. The company expanded into the power transmission and distribution sector in 1980. In 2009, TEECL entered the power generation sector through the acquisition of two wind energy generation companies. Currently, TEECL integrates engineering and construction capabilities across India's power generation, transmission, and distribution segments. The company also operates as an independent power producer with a 129.9 MW wind energy capacity.
Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC):
TEECL offers turnkey project solutions, ranging from complete power-generating plants to system plant packages designed to complement larger systems provided by other companies. TEECL's expertise allows it to address the EPC requirements of sectors such as power, steel, fertilizer, metals, and petrochemicals.
Data Centers:
In 2021, TEECL entered the data center industry, leveraging its experience in electro-mechanical works and renewable energy. Techno Electric & Engineering Ltd. (TEECL) has begun the installation of an approximately 24 MW data center in Chennai. The company intends to install 250 MW of data center capacity by 2030, with future projects planned in Kolkata and Mumbai.
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