India’s Techno Digital announces inauguration of Chennai data centre

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Data Centres & Networks; 28 August 2025; 5011 views

Techno Digital, the digital infrastructure arm of India’s Techno Electric & Engineering Company Limited (TEECL), has announced the inauguration of its 36MW data centre at SIPCOT IT Park in Chennai.

Said to span over 200,000 square feet (just under 18,581 square metres), this 36 MW data centre delivers a hosting capacity of about 2,400 high-density racks and is designed to support flexible power densities from 10kW to 50kW per rack and beyond, making it, Techno Digital says, one of India’s most advanced AI-ready infrastructures.

Strategically located in the heart of Chennai’s IT corridor, the facility is designed to provide resilience against climate risks and offers seamless connectivity to multiple cable landing stations and domestic networks that anchor India’s internet backbone.

The facility’s design includes an on-site 110 kV GIS substation with dual power feeds from independent substations, connected via underground cable paths for reliability and weatherproof operation. It also uses state-of-the-art UPS systems, tested and certified with NVIDIA’s latest GB200 series.

Techno Digital claims that the facility sets a new benchmark for sustainable digital infrastructure by deliberately allocating 25% of the total site area to green spaces — a first in the region. It incorporates adiabatic cooling towers (adiabatic is a term relating to a process or condition in which heat does not enter or leave the system concerned). It also boasts an energy-efficient exterior that reduces water consumption and minimises heat gain.

The facility is also equipped with advanced water treatment, recycling and storage systems to ensure responsible usage and reuse of water.

This facility is part of Techno Digital’s US$1 billion investment commitment towards building future-ready, sustainable digital infrastructure across the country, which was announced in May with TEECL’s officially launch of Techno Digital Infra Pvt Ltd, its wholly-owned digital infrastructure arm.

Along with the Chennai, facility, Techno has partnered with RailTel Corporation of India , a Government of India enterprise under the Ministry of Railways that owns a pan-India optical fibre network, to develop edge data centres in 102 cities across 23 Indian states.