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KKR-SingTel consortium leads race for $1 bn stake in data centre provider

A deal could be sealed or announced in early June, the first source added

Data centres in India to drive 10 mn sq ft real estate demand: Report

Sector likely to get $5.7 bn investments by 2026, it says

India set to cross 1800 MW in data centre capacity by 2026: CBRE report

Report adds that India has highest DC capacity among major APAC countries, likely to add another 850 MW in next 2 years

Adobe Experience Platform apps to be available in India by year end

Adobe Experience Platform-based applications will be available for enterprise customers in the country via a data centre by the end of the calendar year, the company said on Tuesday. The move will help Adobe Experience Platform-based applications' users to store their data locally as well as reduce latency in accessing them, it said. "Adobe Experience Platform-based applications will be available for enterprise customers via an India data centre later in the year. This will deliver on local data residency requirements and improve performance through lower latency," the company said in a statement. "Generative AI is driving a foundational shift in the relationship between brands and their customers in India, marking this as the era for businesses to drive profitable growth while delivering new digital experiences," Adobe India Vice-President and Managing Director Prativa Mohapatra said. The company said it has seen an increase in demand for Adobe Experience Platform-based applicatio

Apple working on developing AI chips for software in data centers: Report

The project, internally codenamed as Project ACDC (Apple Chips in Data Center), aims to leverage Apple's chip design expertise for its server infrastructure, the report said

Parseable raises $2.5 mn in seed round to expand log analytics services

Bengaluru-based company specialises in processing huge amounts of data generated by information technology systems

Microsoft acquires a 48-acre plot in Hyderabad. Here's how much it paid

Tech giant Microsoft Corporation has acquired a 48-acre parcel of land in Hyderabad to develop one of the largest data centres in the area

Ola's AI to outdo global players in energy-efficient data centres: Founder

Ola's AI platform Krutrim will compete with global technology majors in building energy-efficient data centres and offer cloud services at the lowest price for the development of artificial intelligence, its founder Bhvish Aggarwal said. While speaking at an event, Aggarwal announced an AI cloud platform - Krutrim Cloud - to enterprises, researchers, and developers at low cost with a focus on addressing the needs of Indian developers. "We are building our own technology to do energy management to make the most efficient data centres in the world. I am willing to compete with Microsoft, Google or whoever to say, we will do better than them. The cloud cost we pay is the same as the amount paid by American developers. How is it justified? We will resolve that," Aggarwal said. He alleged that big technology companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are having closed ecosystems and locking developer's work on their platform. "Krutrim's overall ambition is to build a full stack AI platform

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd to ramp up its capacity to over 1 gigawatt in 4 yrs

The ambitious plan includes expansions in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai

Generative AI boom will be built on AWS, says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Jassy has focused the company's investments on a few big initiatives such as building data centers to help fuel the artificial intelligence boom

Data centre operator Yotta plans capacity booster for AI efforts

Apart from serving India, the company also aims to cater to the global demand

Meta's first data centre to come up in Reliance's Tamil Nadu campus: Report

Currently, data from Indian Meta users is managed at its Singapore data centre, the company's only centre for the entire Asia-Pacific region

Amazon bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom: Report

The spending spree is a show of force as the company looks to maintain its grip on the cloud services market, where it holds about twice the share of No. 2 player Microsoft Corp.

Schneider Electric, Nvidia partner to optimise data centre infrastructure

Energy management and automation major Schneider Electric on Thursday said it has collaborated with NVIDIA to optimise data center infrastructure. Schneider Electric will leverage its expertise in data center infrastructure and NVIDIA's advanced AI technologies to introduce the first publicly-available AI data center reference designs, according to a statement. These designs are set to redefine the benchmarks for AI deployment and operation within data center ecosystems, the statement said. "We're unlocking the future of AI for organisations," said Pankaj Sharma, Executive Vice President - Secure Power Division & Data Center Business at Schneider Electric. The collaboration will help organisations to overcome data center infrastructure limitations and unlock the full potential of AI, the statement said. In the first phase of this collaboration, Schneider Electric will introduce cutting-edge data center reference designs tailored for NVIDIA accelerated computing clusters and built

Space World plans to connect data centres in 7 major cities in a year

India already has over 4 million km of fibre optic cables, primarily owned by telecom operators

NIIF-backed Digital Edge to invest Rs 1,400 cr in Navi Mumbai data centre

Plans to expand capacity to over 300 Mw in 7-8 years; taps SBI for term loan

CtrlS to invest Rs 4,000 crore in Chennai data center park, across phases

The company is expected to create about 500 direct jobs and over 9,000 indirect jobs

Nvidia's H100 data center chip driving the AI boom. All you need to know?

It's shown investors that the buzz around generative artificial intelligence is translating into real revenue, at least for Nvidia and its most essential suppliers

Blackstone likely to acquire Carlyle stake in Bharti data centre arm

Bharti data centre valued at Rs 10,000 cr

Airtel's Nxtra to procure 140,208 MW renewable energy for data centres

Nxtra, the data centre unit of Bharti Airtel, on Wednesday announced an agreement with Ampln and Amplus Energy to procure an additional 140,208 MWh (megawatt-hour) of renewable energy. With this, Nxtra has fortified its existing commitment of reducing its carbon footprint through renewable energy sources annually by nearly 99,547 tCO2e (stands for 'tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent'). "As per the agreement, AmpIn Energy and Amplus Energy will set up captive solar and wind power plants of 48 MWdc and 24.3 MW, respectively, for Nxtra's data centres in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha," the release said, announcing the pact. This is in line with Nxtra's resolve to achieving its net-zero target of 2031 and further strengthen its credentials as India's largest chain of green data centres in the country, the release added. "This is in addition to Nxtra's multiple other interventions to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its operations by 100 per cent by