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Nikhil Kamath Invests ₹200 Crore in CtrlS as India’s AI Data Centre Demand Accelerates

Nikhil Kamath

Zerodha co-founder and investor Nikhil Kamath has invested around ₹200 crore in CtrlS Datacenters, one of India’s major hyperscale data centre operators. Entrepreneur Sreeram Reddy Vanga has also invested approximately ₹50 crore in the company. The fresh capital is expected to support CtrlS’s infrastructure expansion and data centre capacity build-out as demand for cloud computing, … Read more

Dholera Wants to Be the World’s Biggest Data Centre City. Gujarat Just Bet ₹6 Lakh Crore That It Can Pull It Off.

World's Biggest Data Centre City

Gujarat just did something no other Indian state has: it didn’t just announce incentives for data centres, it announced a city for them. On July 9, 2026, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, flanked by Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia, launched the Viksit Gujarat Data Center Policy 2026-29 at Gandhinagar’s Mahatma … Read more

UP’s ₹2 Lakh Crore Data Centre Bet: Inside the State’s New 2026 Policy — And What India Still Needs to Catch Up

UP Data Centre Bet

UP Cabinet Clears a New AI-Ready Data Centre Policy Uttar Pradesh just made its biggest digital infrastructure move yet. On Monday, the state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved the Uttar Pradesh Data Center Policy 2026, replacing the earlier 2021 policy that lapsed in January this year. The new policy sets two headline … Read more

India’s Data Centre Ambitions: What the Numbers Reveal About What the Country Still Needs

India Data Center

India wants to be a global data centre superpower, and on paper, the numbers back that ambition. The country’s installed data centre capacity crossed roughly 1,700 MW by the end of 2025, up from just 950 MW in 2024, and cumulative investment commitments in the sector hit $126 billion by the close of the same … Read more

NTT DATA Appoints Alok Bajpai as Managing Director for India to Drive Data Center Expansion

Alok Bajpai

NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, has announced the appointment of Alok Bajpai as Managing Director, India, for its Global Data Centers division. Bajpai’s expanded leadership role will focus on strengthening NTT’s growth strategy in one of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly developing data center markets. Strengthening India’s Position … Read more