Pranav Hotkar
Navi Mumbai, India - January 21, 2026 – L&T Vyoma, the digital infrastructure arm of engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro, has broken ground on a 40 MW green, AI-ready data center in Navi Mumbai, marking the first phase of a larger campus planned to support high-density computing workloads in India’s largest data center market.
The company said the facility, located in the Mahape area of Navi Mumbai, will form part of a planned 100 MW data center campus and is designed to cater to enterprise, build-to-suit, and emerging “NeoCloud” customers requiring high-performance and artificial intelligence-focused infrastructure.
According to L&T, the data center will incorporate next-generation cooling technologies, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling, to support high rack densities while improving energy efficiency. The project is also being developed with a focus on sustainability, with provisions for renewable energy integration and low-carbon operations to meet the growing environmental requirements of hyperscale and AI workloads.
Shankar Raman, President, Whole-time Director, and Chief Financial Officer of Larsen & Toubro, said the project reflects the group’s ambition to build intelligent and sustainable digital infrastructure. “This development is aligned with our vision to enable AI-ready platforms that combine performance, resilience, and sustainability for the next phase of digital growth,” he said in a statement.
L&T Vyoma said the Navi Mumbai facility is part of its broader national expansion strategy, which targets more than 200 MW of data center capacity across major Indian markets, including Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. The company aims to address rising demand driven by cloud adoption, data localization requirements, and the rapid growth of AI and high-performance computing workloads.
Industry analysts note that Mumbai and its surrounding regions remain India’s most mature data center market due to strong subsea cable connectivity, enterprise demand, and access to financial services customers. However, the rapid rise of AI workloads is pushing operators to design facilities capable of supporting significantly higher power densities and advanced cooling systems.
L&T Vyoma has positioned itself as a long-term infrastructure provider rather than a short-cycle colocation player, emphasizing engineering-led design, energy efficiency, and scalability. The company has not disclosed the project’s capital expenditure or commissioning timeline but said the Mahape facility is intended to set new benchmarks for AI-ready and sustainable data center design in India.
