March 28, 2022 Mumbai
Indian Energy firm ZR Power Holdings has announced that it is investing more than Rs 1,700 crore ($223.2m) in a data center at Mahape in Navi Mumbai. The proposed facility would have a capacity of 50MW and span a 10-acre plot which the company is currently acquiring. Zain Ravadji, chairman, of ZR...
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March 24, 2022 CtrlS Datacenters Ltd
CtrlS has announced that it has broken ground on its third hyperscale facility, located in the Gachibowli suburb of Telangana, India. The facility, which is expected to span 131,000 sqft, with a capacity of 1,600 racks powered by 18MW of electricity, will reportedly meet LEED Platinum standards...
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March 22, 2022 India / Bhārata
Sophos has announced that its Mumbai-based data center is now open. Hosted by AWS, the facility is the company's third in the Asia Pacific and Japan region.Speaking about the facility, Sunil Sharma, managing director of sales for India and SAARC, Sophos said: "With massive digital transformation...
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March 10, 2022 India / Bhārata
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has announced plans to relocate its primary data center out of its Mumbai headquarters at the Bandra Kurla. This announcement comes following allegations that the NSE's former head was embroiled in a colocation scam that began in 2015, and ended with two...
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March 10, 2022 India / Bhārata
India’s largest stock exchange- The National Stock Exchange will be moving its primary data center from the Mumbai headquarters. The NSE move comes the organization’s former head was arrested over an alleged colocation scam. The scam involved him giving a broker privileged access to market data....
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February 17, 2022 Iron Mountain: Bengaluru
Web Werks has announced its plans to build a new data center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The company outlined that the first phase of the building project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. In its final form, it will offer 110,000 sqft of colocation space and 20 MVA of gross power...
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February 14, 2022 India / Bhārata
The Indian government is introducing new policies that will encourage data center growth in the country, it has been announced. This policy announcement comes as leaders strive to make the country a hub for the world’s growing data traffic. In the government’s 2022 budget, provisions have been...
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February 02, 2022 India / Bhārata
It is great news for data center companies, and investors in India as the country's government says it will classify data centers as infrastructure assets starting April 1, 2022. The development will help ensure that data center companies get better access to funds through loans or investments...
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December 03, 2021 CtrlS Nodia
Ctrl's Noida data center is reportedly the most sustainable data center (DC) in northern India, with LEED v4.1 O+M Platinum certification and 100 % air pollution-free. On top of this, the facility is also designed to withstand earthquakes of 8.5 on the Richter scale. Sustainability was a key...
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December 01, 2021 Tamil Nadu
The government of Tamil Nadu, India has revealed a new data center policy. According to the new policy, the Tamil Nadu government will provide connectivity incentives, land, and power to support the development of new data centers. However, for data center firms to receive these incentives, they...
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December 01, 2021 Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Government has revealed that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with some data center firms to develop data centers in the Indian state. The MoU is worth up to Rs 35,208 crore ($4.7bn). Some of the companies in question include STT GDC, Adani Enterprises, L&T, Nxtra, and...
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November 24, 2021 Nxtra Data Ltd
Nxtra by Airtel is expanding its data center footprint in Chennai. Its new data center will have a capacity of 38MW, spanning 270,000 sq. ft. The facility received its virtual inauguration by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. In a statement, the company said: "This will include setting up...
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November 24, 2021 Tamil Nadu
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that it is planning to build data centers in Kanchipuram following the signing of a pact with the Tamil Nadu government. Over the next five years, the company expects to establish 90 MW capacity data centers in "a phased manner." According to the...
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October 31, 2021 Teleindia Datasamudra
The subsidiary of Teleindia Networks' subsidiary Data Samudra has announced the launch of its first data center. The facility has 100,000 square feet of space and it is located in Bangalore’s KIADB IT Park. In addition, the facility will offer up to 25,000 square feet of colocation space and 3MW...
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October 21, 2021 AdaniConneX
Adani Group has made a big investment relating to renewable energy, pledging to commit over USD 50-70 billion in the renewable energy value chain over the next ten years. Alongside this, the company announced that it is ‘incubating’ the first Indian data center that will fuel all its data centers...
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October 01, 2021 Nxtra Data Ltd
Indian telecommunication company Bharti Airtel has revealed its plans for expanding the data center portfolio of its subsidiary Nxtra. Bharti Airtel announced that it would triple Nxtra’s data center capacity by 2025 to 400MW+. According to the company, Nxtra currently operates 120 Edge and ten...
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September 09, 2021 India / Bhārata
Techno Electric & Engineering Company (TEECL) has announced big plans for investment across India. The Indian power infrastructure firm is reportedly planning to invest $1 billion (Rs 7,310 crore) in developing data centers in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, National Capital Area (NCR) Chennai, and...
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September 06, 2021 India / Bhārata
India's data center market is forecast to grow by a CAGR of around 12% between 2020−2026, which means the country is undoubtedly witnessing a data center boom. That said, as the country's data center footprint grows, industry veterans have warned that India must learn from the past mistakes of...
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September 03, 2021 Equinix Mumbai MB1
Equinix has finally completed the acquisition of the Indian operations of GPX Global Systems for $161 million. The purchase sees Equinix add two data centers in Mumbai to its portfolio. These facilities named Equinix MB1 and MB2 provide a combined 1,350 cabinets, with an additional 500 cabinets...
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August 24, 2021 India / Bhārata
India's data center industry is growing at a rapid rate following a rise in digitalisation and the "ambitious growth plans of data centre operators." As a result, the market is anticipated to double by 2023, reaching over 1,000 MW, that's according to JLL's 'H1 2021 India Data Center Market...
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