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Maharashtra govt, Lodha ink ₹30,000 cr MoU for Palava data centre park

The Maharashtra government and Lodha Developers signed an MoU worth Rs 30,000 crore to build a 370-acre green integrated data centre park in Palava, expected to create 6,000 jobs

OpenAI in talks with data firms to bring $500 bn Stargate project to India

OpenAI has begun talks with Indian data centre firms to bring its $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project to India, eyeing gigawatt-scale capacity

CIL plans data centres in closed mines to boost infra, sustainability

Coal India Limited (CIL) was evaluating the potential of establishing data centres in its decommissioned mines, leveraging existing infrastructure to meet the country's growing demand for digital capacity while advancing sustainable development. The state-owned miner had already taken steps for a comprehensive feasibility study by consultants, officials told PTI. The exercise will include a conceptual study of setting up data centres in India with a special focus on their viability within decommissioned CIL mines. The study will cover site assessments, preparation of a comparison matrix for evaluating identified locations, and a Preliminary Feasibility Report (PFR) for the most suitable site. Four sites across CIL subsidiaries Umrer (WCL), Saraipali in Korba (SECL), Himgir Rampur near Jharsuguda (MCL), and Nigahi (NCL) have been shortlisted. "The scope of work involved a detailed analysis of the data centre industry in India and globally, classification of models such as hypersca

Google pushes its AI chips into rival data centres, challenging Nvidia

Google is deploying TPUs in rival data centres, challenging Nvidia's GPU dominance and aiming to break developers' reliance

Data centres guzzle massive electricity. Can we make them more efficient?

Some predictions estimate 8-10 per cent of the planet's electricity production will be needed to sustain the relentless growth in data centres

Vedanta Group's Invenia aims for growth in data centre, system integration

edanta Group's Invenia Tech, the demerged digital infrastructure arm of Sterlite Technologies, plans to drive growth through fiber deployment, system integration, and data centre projects

Invenia expects to grow revenue to ₹2,000 cr in three years: Vice Chairman

Digital infrastructure and IT services firm Invenia expects to grow its revenue by around 40 per cent to Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years, driven by rising demand for connectivity from data centres and government projects, a senior company official said. Invenia Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director Ankit Agarwal told PTI in an interview that the company sees a multi-billion dollar business that will be largely driven by influx of data centres and government projects like BharatNet to boost connectivity. "We are looking to take the business from about Rs 1,300 -1,400 crore of revenue this fiscal year to closer to about Rs 2,000 crore in about three years time," Agarwal said. He said that the equity capital of Invenia was around Rs 907 crore and its asset value was close to Rs 2,800 crore as on March 31. "We have a very healthy order book. The company had an open order book of around Rs 4,250 crore as on March 31," Agarwal said. Hived out from Sterlite Technologies, Inve

L&T looks to build on defence and data centre foundation in India

L&T is scaling its ₹2,200 crore data centre play, expanding defense and aerospace, while monitoring reforms in nuclear power and reviving its thermal portfolio

Data centre industry entering phase of unprecedented growth: Nxtra CEO

The data centre industry is entering a phase of unprecedented growth, Nxtra CEO Ashish Arora has said, adding that as AI, cloud, and digital connectivity redefines lives and work, the underlying infrastructure, too, must be future-ready technologically, operationally, and environmentally. In its sustainability report 2025 listing out its key achievements, Nxtra by Airtel said 49 per cent of the total power consumed at core data centres was sourced from renewable energy sources. "Data centre industry is entering a phase of unprecedented growth -- and Nxtra is proud to be at the forefront of this transformation," Arora said in the CEO message in the report. With the world increasingly shaped by digital experiences, the infrastructure that powers such future too must be built on the pillars of environmental stewardship, resilience, and innovation, he wrote. "As one of the fastest-growing data centre operators in the country, we recognise that with scale comes responsibility," he ...

Uttar Pradesh govt bets big on AI, data centres to boost jobs and IT parks

The Yogi government will invest over ₹10,700 crore to develop India's first 'AI City' in Lucknow

Google to invest $6 billion in 1-GW data centre project in Andhra Pradesh

The search giant's data centre will be the largest in capacity and investment size in Asia and is part a multi-billion-dollar expansion of its data centre portfolio

Nxtra Data plans ₹6,000 crore war chest to chase data centre growth

Nxtra Data, Bharti Airtel's data centre arm, plans to invest ₹4,500-6,000 crore over the next 3-4 years to become a leader in India's data centre market, targeting a major capacity expansion

Edge data centre capacity in India likely to triple by 2027, says Icra

India's edge data centre capacity will increase threefold by 2027, growing to 200-210 MW from 60-70 MW in 2024, driven by the proliferation of emerging technologies, according to Icra

Elon Musk's xAI seeks $12 billion more to expand AI infrastructure

Elon Musk's xAI is seeking $12 billion more to lease Nvidia chips for a second AI data centre, Colossus 2, as it races to compete with OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft in the AI arms race

CoreWeave commits $6 bn to Pennsylvania data centre amid Trump AI push

The announcement will be made during a CEO roundtable with Trump at Senator Dave McCormick's inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, the company said in a statement

Google, Brookfield sign $3 bn hydropower pact for US data operation

The announcement comes amid rising power demands from technology giants, driven by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and the expansion of data centres

India's data centre capacity to hit 3GW by 2030 on investment surge: Report

India's data centre industry is on the brink of exponential growth, with total capacity expected to reach 3 GW by 2030, according to a report. The sector is also seeing a surge in annual investments, currently at USD 1-1.5 billion (around Rs 12,870 crore), and this figure is expected to double in the coming years, according to the report A Multi-Year Growth Proxy on India's Data Explosion and Localisation Wave by Avendus Capital. The data centre capacity of the country was estimated at 1.1 GW in 2024. Rising data consumption, AI and cloud adoption, and policy initiatives focused on data localisation are the main drivers of data centre demand, the report stated. The demand is expected to reach around 6 GW by 2033, but the supply is expected to be only 4.5 GW, leaving a gap of 1.5 GW. Much of the demand is expected to be met through large-format, hyperscale-ready infrastructure in core markets, alongside edge-ready capacity in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities for latency-sensitive workloads

Data centres to attract ₹1.6-trn investment in next five years: Report

India Ratings & Research expects 7.1 GW of new data centre capacity over FY26-FY28, with stable rental rates, rising capex and growing AI-related demand driving investments

Delhi developer Anant Raj to invest $2 billion on India data center boom

Anant Raj's move follows ambitious plans by India's top business houses Adani Group and Reliance Industries Ltd. to expand their footprint

Emerging cities, edge centres to boost data storage infra: NES Data

Rising demand from emerging and small cities and scalable solutions like edge centres are expected to boost the data centre infrastructure in India in the coming years, a top official of data centre operator NES Data said on Friday. Mumbai and Chennai account for around 70 per cent of India's total data centre capacity, but the future of data infrastructure lies in the rise of edge and containerised data centres, especially across Tier II cities and remote areas, NES Data founder and Managing Director Umesh Sahay said. Pune-based NES Data is a leading infrastructure-as-a-service entity specialising in colocation services and Storage-as-a-Service. It is developing edge and containerised data centres across the country that are expected to go online by next month. We believe edge and containerised data centres are set to democratize data access, enabling low-latency, high-efficiency solutions for India's AI-first digital ecosystem, particularly in Tier II and remote towns and cities,