New Delhi, India, November 25, 2025- RailTel’s plan to build a 10-megawatt data centre in Noida has officially moved forward with a bhoomi-puja ceremony, and India’s Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has publicly praised the initiative, calling it a strong step toward supporting the country’s growing digital and cloud needs.
RailTel, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways, is developing the facility in Noida Phase 2, on a plot measuring roughly 17,000 square meters, with an initial capacity of 10 MW. The minister said the move aligns with India’s broader vision under Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat, adding that domestic data centres will help strengthen national data security and support India’s increasing data-localization requirements.
The project is being executed in partnership with Techno Electric & Engineering Company (TEECL). Through its digital arm, Techno Digital, the company won the open tender to design, build, finance, and operate the data centre under a 30-year revenue-sharing agreement. RailTel said the tender received strong industry interest, and TEECL secured the contract earlier this year.
The data centre will include colocation services, managed hosting, and cloud-ready infrastructure. RailTel has also said the site may scale beyond the initial 10 MW in later phases, depending on demand. As India’s cloud usage and AI-related compute needs surge, Noida and the larger NCR region have become hotspots for new hyperscale and carrier-neutral builds. RailTel, which already operates data centres in Delhi and Secunderabad, sees this new project as part of its long-term strategy to expand its national data-centre footprint.
Earlier reports suggest RailTel expects the first phase to become operational within 18 months of construction start, though an updated commissioning date has not yet been announced.
The minister added that the project will also create local job opportunities and help build technical capacity in the region. RailTel officials highlighted that the campus will be designed with modern standards for reliability, security, and connectivity, built on the company’s nationwide optical-fiber backbone.
With rising AI workloads, higher data-consumption levels, and multiple state governments pushing for new digital infrastructure, the Noida site is expected to play a key role in strengthening India’s fast-growing data-centre ecosystem.
