Equinix will invest $9 million in Chennai for data centre expansion in India. The land acquired for these data centres is in the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT) IT Park, the company said in a statement.

“With the infrastructure measures for data centres recently announced by the Indian government, The country is well-positioned to grow as one of the most important data centre hubs in South Asia,” Manoj Paul, Managing Director of Equinix India, said. “There has been a lot of interest from large global players to expand their footprint in India. Many of our customers are eager to expand beyond Mumbai, and Chennai is often their next demanded destination,” Paul added.

In 2021, Equinix entered India by purchasing two data centres in Mumbai, called MB1 and MB2, which has numerous global organisations and provide a total of 1,350 cabinets. Equinix also launched a Global Centre of Excellence (GCoE) in India, which will provide customers and employees with innovative and automated digital technologies to enhance the strength of their digital infrastructures.