Great Indian data centre rush: Corporates, start-ups want share in business

Nearly 80% of the data centres are located in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bengaluru

Yotta Infrastructure Solutions, a company controlled by real estate giant Hiranandani, is set to launch the country’s largest third-party data centre in a single building in Navi Mumbai this December.

“With space for 7,000 racks, this data centre in Navi Mumbai will be 60 per cent larger than the current largest one in the country. It is being built with an investment of Rs 1,100 crore,” said Sunil Gupta, managing partner and chief executive officer of Yotta.

Gupta said the company was ready to set up over 70,000 racks in Mumbai, Chennai, and Navi Mumbai within the next five years,