With capacity of 54 MW, Chennai emerging as data centre hub

The Tamil Nadu government is wooing firms in the data centre space, and the State has signed MoUs with 11 firms recently

With a current capacity of 54 MW, Chennai is steadily emerging as a data centre hub and the city is likely to increase its supply by 1.3 times in the next 2 years, with a planned pipeline of 79 MW. The Tamil Nadu government is wooing firms in the data centre space and the State has signed MoUs with 11 firms, entailing investments worth ₹18,827 crore in recent months. “The most common requirements to establish a data centre, which include submarine cable landing stations, ample power supply and thriving IT infrastructure, already exist in Tamil Nadu. And with the proposed data centre policy, we are well positioned to take over this growing market,” Pooja Kulkarni, managing director and chief executive officer, Guidance, told The Hindu.