Chennai: CapitaLand Investment (CLI), opened its data centre in Chennai and its second in the country, under CLI’s Singapore-listed business trust, CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT). The new data centre will have 53 megawatts (MW) of capacity after its completion by the end of 2026.CapitaLand has three data centre projects in India, with a total capacity of about 200 MW, with 108 MW in Navi Mumbai, over 50 MW in Chennai and the balance in Hyderabad. The total investment is estimated at S$1 billion, of which CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) is investing about 80%, and the CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund is investing the remaining 20%. The Chennai project is built at a cost of about Rs 1,940 crore.Gauri Shankar Nagabhushanam, CEO, CLINT, said CapitaLand is scouting for investment opportunities across India for expansion, with Mumbai and Chennai among its key markets for data centre growth. He said the data centres’ target customers span from hyperscalers, neoclouds, cloud providers and enterprises. “Our first data centre in Navi Mumbai’s entire 108 MW capacity leased to one of the largest global hyperscalers. We are in discussions with neoclouds, hyperscalers and enterprises for our data centres in Hyderabad and Chennai,” he said.“We build what are categorised as Tier III-plus data centres—facilities that can house the latest chipsets and support liquid cooling at the chip level. Our data centres are equipped to support AI workloads, including Nvidia’s Vera Rubin, the latest GPU platform,” he added.CLI has invested more than Rs 6,000 crore across seven operational assets across business parks, industrial and logistics facilities and lodgingThe data centre located in Ambattur was inaugurated by chief minister Vijay and Singapore’s Deputy prime minister Gan Kim Yong.
