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
“India has 20% of the world’s internet users. It holds 1.5% of global data center capacity. The chips inside cost more than the building and the land combined. Even the largest tech companies lease more than they own, because owning sinks returns. Countries think differently. They need jurisdiction, not hardware. So what happens to a … Read more
In one of the largest private investments in digital infrastructure to date, MGX, the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) have completed the acquisition of 100% equity in Aligned Data Centers from infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management and its co-investment partners. The transaction values Aligned Data Centers at … Read more
Anant Raj Ltd has announced plans to separate its rapidly growing data centre and cloud services business into a dedicated listed entity, marking a strategic move to unlock value and accelerate growth across both its digital infrastructure and real estate businesses. The company’s Board of Directors has approved a composite scheme of arrangement that will … Read more
Bengaluru: India’s data centre industry is racing to build AI-ready infrastructure worth billions of dollars, but a critical engineering challenge is rapidly emerging behind the scenes—how to efficiently cool next-generation AI servers without placing unsustainable pressure on the country’s electricity and water resources. As hyperscalers, cloud providers and enterprises accelerate investments in GPU-powered infrastructure, cooling … Read more
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 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 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
