Digital Connexion To Invest $11 Billion In AP Data Centres By 2030
“Digital Connexion announced an investment of approximately $11 billion over a period of five years till 2030 for building 1 Gigawatts state-of-the-art AI-native, purpose-built data centres in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh across 400 acres of land": Digital Connexion
New Delhi: Digital Connexion, a joint venture between Brookfield, Reliance Industries and US-based Digital Realty, on Wednesday said it would invest $11 billion (about Rs 98,000 crore), by 2030 to build 1 Gigawatts data centres in Andhra Pradesh. This is the second major investment in the country, which follows Google's announcement made last month to invest $15 billion in Andhra Pradesh for building an artificial intelligence hub comprising data centres as well in Visakhapatnam.
As per the company, the AI-native, purpose-built data centres will be spread over 400 acres in Visakhapatnam. “Digital Connexion announced an investment of approximately $11 billion over a period of five years till 2030 for building 1 Gigawatts state-of-the-art AI-native, purpose-built data centres in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh across 400 acres of land,” the company said in a statement.
The company said that Digital Connexion has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board for making the investment. “Digital Connexion data centres are purpose-built to support seamless AI workloads empowering hyperscalers and enterprises with future-ready systems, robust substations, redundant power feeds, and rack densities to power the next decade of innovation,” said the statement.