Page 9 - Data Centre

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,

At Amazon's biggest data centre, everything is supersized for AI

Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centres at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of specialised computer chips

CBDT unlikely to offer tax relief for foreign data centres soon: Report

Currently, foreign companies operating or leasing data centres in India may be taxed at a higher corporate rate of 35 per cent, compared to 22 per cent for domestic firms, according to Moneycontrol

Smallcap stock zooms 42% in 2 days; 134 mn shares change hands on NSE, BSE

Sterlite Technologies share price hit a fresh 52-week high of ₹119 per share on the BSE today

Data centre boom: Realty cos eye revenue upside, portfolio diversification

The industry experts believe that the developers are leveraging their expertise in land acquisition, construction, dealing with government approvals, and maintaining tenant relationships

Sterlite Technologies surges 13% on heavy volumes; soars 22% in 3 days

Sterlite Technologies announced the launch of a new generation of Data Centre solutions, ranging from cabling to end-to-end connectivity offerings designed to power demands of AI-driven data centres.

Amazon to invest $13 bn in Australia's data center infra over five years

The investment is Amazon's largest global technology commitment in Australia, with funding directed toward new server capacity and support for generative AI workloads

Amazon to spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania

Amazon said on Monday that it will spend USD 20 billion on two data centre complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal scrutiny over an arrangement to essentially plug right into the power plant. Kevin Miller, vice-president of global data centres at Amazon's cloud computing subsidiary, Amazon Web Services, told The Associated Press that the company will build another data centre complex just north of Philadelphia. One data centre is being built next to northeastern Pennsylvania's Susquehanna nuclear power plant, where it intends to get its power. The other will be in Fairless Hills at a logistics campus, the Keystone Trade Centre, on what was once a US Steel mill. Amazon said that data centre will get its power through the electricity grid. At a news conference in Berwick in the shadow of the power plant, Governor Josh Shapiro called it the largest private sector investment in Pennsylvania's history. Monday's ...

CtrlS Datacenters partners with BSE to power digital infrastructure

CtrlS Datacenters operates 15 data centres across eight key markets and plans to expand into new overseas markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with Thailand as its first international foray

Mumbai is 6th globally in under-construction data centre capacity: Report

Ranking 7th most established data centre market in APAC, Mumbai accounts for 42 per cent of India's projected under-construction capacity

India's data centre sector may attract $20-25 bn in next 6 years: Colliers

India's data centre industry has seen investments of nearly USD 15 billion since 2020 and is likely to attract USD 20-25 billion fund over the next six years, on rising demand, according to Colliers. In its latest report, real estate consultant Colliers India mentioned that India's data centre capacity stands at 1,263 MW as of April 2025 across seven major cities, and the capacity is likely to cross 4,500 MW by 2030. The existing data centre real estate footprint stands at 15.9 million sq ft, and this is expected to rise significantly, reaching about 55 million sq ft by 2030. The scale-up in the Indian DC industry has been accompanied by equally impressive investments in the last 5-6 years. The industry has already seen investments to the tune of USD 14.7 billion since the beginning of 2020. These investments have been largely focused on land acquisition, project construction and development, etc," the consultant said. "In the next 5-6 years, amidst massive adoption of cloud ...

Capacit'e eyes Middle East market after Maldives foray, cites growth

Data centres and hospitals are key growth drivers for EPC firm Capacit'e Infraprojects as it enters global markets after its first international project in Maldives

US seeks greater India market access for its data centre companies

May negotiate favourable conditions under BTA

Can India keep up with AI's soaring demand for infra, GPUs, and talent?

Despite generating 20% of global data, India accounts for just 3% of the world's data centre capacity currently

AI boom drives global data centre growth despite soaring costs: Moody's

Global data centre expansion accelerates to meet AI and cloud demands; challenges include rising energy needs, supply chain disruptions, and power infrastructure constraints

Princeton Digital seals Rs 125 cr annual lease deal in Navi Mumbai's Airoli

With a total starting monthly rent of ₹10.42 crore, the first-year rent alone amounts to ₹125.04 crore, excluding other costs such as maintenance and parking.

Chhattisgarh CM lays foundation of India's first AI-based data park

The 5.5-hectare data park in Nava Raipur will support AI services including healthtech and fintech, with the first phase offering 5 MW capacity and future expansion planned

CtrlS Datacenters to invest Rs 500 cr in setting up data centre in Bhopal

The company announced this milestone in a groundbreaking ceremony of its greenfield data centre. The ceremonial event took place during the Tech Growth Conclave 2025 on April 27 in Indore

IT ministry in talks with Power min to address data centre energy needs

Ministry of Electronics and IT is in discussion with the power ministry to address issues related to energy requirement of data centres, a senior government official said on Saturday. Speaking at Global Technology Summit, IT Secretary S Krishnan said that even before the development around artificial intelligence, there has been a lot of pressure to add data centres for cloud computing etc and at the same time there was was a lot of resistance to setting up more because they guzzle a lot of power and they don't provide much employment. "I think if you have to take advantage of the technology, it (setting up of data centres) is something which needs to be done now. Which means we have to figure out ways of doing it. There are solutions, technological solutions which can be worked out. And my ministry is in consultation with the Ministry of Power and other ministries to try and address this issue," Krishnan said. He said that India has an advantage in terms of having a lot of green ..