Status: Under Construction / Expansion Phase (Financing secured June 2026) | Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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| Project Name | Sify Infinit Spaces 130MW AI-Ready Hyperscale Data Center, Chennai |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Status | Under Construction / Expansion Phase (Financing secured June 2026) |
| Commissioning | Phase-wise modular activation scheduled to roll out to capture immediate South Indian high-density demand. |
| Total IT Load | 130.0 MW (Full master-planned site capacity across a three-tower architectural layout) |
| Total Capacity | Engineered specifically for extreme-density AI workloads, utilizing India’s first NVIDIA-certified DGX-Ready configurations. |
| Tier Level | Tier III concurrent maintainability standard, structured for mission-critical hyperscale resilience. |
| Project Type | Greenfield/Expansion AI-Ready Hyperscale Data Center |
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| City Name | Chennai |
| Population | ~7.09 million (2021) |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~11 million (Chennai Metropolitan Area) |
| City GDP | ~$78.6 Billion USD (Estimated for Chennai, making it a key economic center) |
| Per Capita Income | High (Relative to national average) |
| City Tier | Tier 1 (Major metro and economic hub) |
| Key Strengths | Major subsea cable landing station hub for South Asia, strong IT/ITES presence, established industrial and manufacturing base, skilled workforce. |
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| Developer / Operator | Sify Infinit Spaces |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | International Finance Corporation (IFC - providing direct $71M debt alongside a $300M mobilization framework). |
| Construction Contractor | Leading domestic industrial EPC firms specialized in rapid-deployment modular technology frames. |
| MEP Engineering | Specialised liquid-to-air heat exchange engineering firms focusing on ultra-high kW rack configurations. |
| Network Connectivity | Deeply dense fiber ecosystem integrating multiple diverse global subsea cable landing stations adjacent to the Chennai coastline with low-latency private cloud on-ramps. |
| Power Infrastructure | High-voltage dual-feed utility connections supported by dedicated on-site sub-stations and isolated power distribution architectures. |
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| Power Capacity | Up to 130.0 MW Total Campus Capacity across three towers. |
| UPS Redundancy | Isolated parallel 2N block redundant configuration coupled with high-capacity fast-acting battery energy storage systems (BESS). |
| Cooling System | NVIDIA-certified Liquid Cooling infrastructure supporting up to 130+ kW per rack, combining closed-loop direct-to-chip (DLC) lines with high-efficiency variable-speed chilled water plants. |
| Connectivity | 4+ diverse fiber paths entering independent Meet-Me-Rooms (MMR) with direct sub-millisecond interconnects to national exchanges. |
| PUE Target | < 1.35 (Targeted via automated liquid cooling thermal loops and optimized variable-flow mechanical environments). |
| Energy Mix | Sustainability-linked design structured around long-term green tariffs, captive open-access solar procurement, and hybrid clean energy matching. |
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| Announcement | Q2 2025 |
| Construction Start | Active / Ongoing |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | H2 2026 / Early 2027 (Modular Tower 1 Launch) |
| Full Buildout | 2027 |
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| Total Investment | $371M USD total financing package allocated globally between the Navi Mumbai and Chennai AI expansions. |
| Funding | Sustainability-linked corporate debt framework led by IFC ($71M direct loan + $300M mobilized institutional debt). |
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