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Microsoft acquires a 48-acre plot in Hyderabad. Here's how much it paid

Tech giant Microsoft Corporation has acquired a 48-acre parcel of land in Hyderabad to develop one of the largest data centres in the area

Ola's AI to outdo global players in energy-efficient data centres: Founder

Ola's AI platform Krutrim will compete with global technology majors in building energy-efficient data centres and offer cloud services at the lowest price for the development of artificial intelligence, its founder Bhvish Aggarwal said. While speaking at an event, Aggarwal announced an AI cloud platform - Krutrim Cloud - to enterprises, researchers, and developers at low cost with a focus on addressing the needs of Indian developers. "We are building our own technology to do energy management to make the most efficient data centres in the world. I am willing to compete with Microsoft, Google or whoever to say, we will do better than them. The cloud cost we pay is the same as the amount paid by American developers. How is it justified? We will resolve that," Aggarwal said. He alleged that big technology companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are having closed ecosystems and locking developer's work on their platform. "Krutrim's overall ambition is to build a full stack AI platform

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd to ramp up its capacity to over 1 gigawatt in 4 yrs

The ambitious plan includes expansions in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai

Generative AI boom will be built on AWS, says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Jassy has focused the company's investments on a few big initiatives such as building data centers to help fuel the artificial intelligence boom

Data centre operator Yotta plans capacity booster for AI efforts

Apart from serving India, the company also aims to cater to the global demand

Meta's first data centre to come up in Reliance's Tamil Nadu campus: Report

Currently, data from Indian Meta users is managed at its Singapore data centre, the company's only centre for the entire Asia-Pacific region

Amazon bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom: Report

The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to maintain its grip on the cloud services market, where it holds about twice the share of No. 2 player Microsoft Corp.

Schneider Electric, Nvidia partner to optimise data centre infrastructure

Energy management and automation major Schneider Electric on Thursday said it has collaborated with NVIDIA to optimise data center infrastructure. Schneider Electric will leverage its expertise in data center infrastructure and NVIDIA's advanced AI technologies to introduce the first publicly-available AI data center reference designs, according to a statement. These designs are set to redefine the benchmarks for AI deployment and operation within data center ecosystems, the statement said. "We're unlocking the future of AI for organisations," said Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President - Secure Power Division & Data Center Business at Schneider Electric. The collaboration will help organisations to overcome data center infrastructure limitations and unlock the full potential of AI, the statement said. In the first phase of this collaboration, Schneider Electric will introduce cutting-edge data center reference designs tailored for NVIDIA accelerated computing clusters and built

Space World plans to connect data centres in 7 major cities in a year

India already has over 4 million km of fibre optic cables, primarily owned by telecom operators

NIIF-backed Digital Edge to invest Rs 1,400 cr in Navi Mumbai data centre

Plans to expand capacity to over 300 Mw in 7-8 years; taps SBI for term loan

CtrlS to invest Rs 4,000 crore in Chennai data center park, across phases

The company is expected to create about 500 direct jobs and over 9,000 indirect jobs

Nvidia's H100 data center chip driving the AI boom. All you need to know?

It's shown investors that the buzz around generative artificial intelligence is translating into real revenue, at least for Nvidia and its most essential suppliers

Blackstone likely to acquire Carlyle stake in Bharti data centre arm

Bharti data centre valued at Rs 10,000 cr

Airtel's Nxtra to procure 140,208 MW renewable energy for data centres

Nxtra, the data centre unit of Bharti Airtel, on Wednesday announced an agreement with Ampln and Amplus Energy to procure an additional 140,208 MWh (megawatt-hour) of renewable energy. With this, Nxtra has fortified its existing commitment of reducing its carbon footprint through renewable energy sources annually by nearly 99,547 tCO2e (stands for 'tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent'). "As per the agreement, AmpIn Energy and Amplus Energy will set up captive solar and wind power plants of 48 MWdc and 24.3 MW, respectively, for Nxtra's data centres in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha," the release said, announcing the pact. This is in line with Nxtra's resolve to achieving its net-zero target of 2031 and further strengthen its credentials as India's largest chain of green data centres in the country, the release added. "This is in addition to Nxtra's multiple other interventions to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its operations by 100 per cent by

Adani Group to invest Rs 50,000 cr to set up data centre in Maharashtra

Adani Group will invest Rs 50,000 crore over the next 10 years in setting up a 1 GW data centre in Maharashtra, the apples-to-airport conglomerate said on Wednesday. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship company of the group, and the Maharashtra government, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up the 1 GW (gigawatt) hyperscale data infrastructure. The MoU was signed in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, it said in a statement. "The data centre infrastructure, which will be set up in key locations such as Mumbai or Navi Mumbai and Pune, will be powered by renewable energy, which will enhance the green energy infrastructure in Maharashtra, and provide direct and indirect employment to 20,000 people," it said. Adani Group also intends to make deemed distribution investments to power the proposed data centre infrastructure. The Maharashtra government is interested in

Telangana signs deals worth Rs 12,400 cr with Adani Group at Davos summit

Business conglomerate commits investments in data centre, energy storage, cement plant

Web Werks to set up Rs 20,000 crore data centre park in Bengaluru

Web Werks India proposes to invest Rs 20,000 crore to set up a data centre park here, according to an MoU the company signed with the Karnataka government at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos. "Great news from Davos! This is a giant leap in our infrastructure journey. Welcome aboard, Web Werks!", the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on 'X' "Karnataka has inked an MoU with Web Werks India Pvt. Ltd at the World Economic Forum. We're set to welcome a massive Rs 20,000 crore investment from Web Werks for a new Data Centre Park in Bengaluru," he said. The government signed MoUs with investment proposals to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore with seven companies, including the one with Web Werks, on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development M B Patil. A delegation from the state, headed by Patil, engaged in a series of deliberations with industry leaders during the WEF Meet 2024 in Switzerlan

RIL, int'l partners launch data centre in Chennai, their first in India

Joint venture called Digital Connexion has bought land in Mumbai to set up another data centre

India is politically stable, our investment growing faster here: NTT CEO

India is a highly skilled and politically stable market that is giving high return on investments for data centre business, a senior official of NTT Global Data Centers and Submarine Cable company said on Thursday. The company announced the setting up of a new data centre campus in Noida with a total planned capacity of 52.8 megawatt critical IT load. NTT Global Data Centres and Submarine Cable CEO and President, Doug Adams, said Europe is the biggest market for the company, followed by the US, and Asia. However, he said the company's growth in India in the past two years was faster than in other markets. In the last two years, the company has added 44 MW of data centre capacity in Europe and 268 MW in India. "This shows that we are growing faster in India than other markets. It is a high return on investments. We have very strong growth and this is a politically very stable market that we are committed to growing," Adams said. The Noida data centre, spread across 300,000 sq ft,

Japanese company NTT Data announces new data center campus in Noida

The campus, named Noida 2, spans across six acres and is located in Noida's data centre corridor. It will support a planned capacity of 52.8 MW critical IT load in two data centres