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MGX, AIP and BlackRock’s GIP Complete $40 Billion Acquisition of Aligned Data Centers

July 21, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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 to Demerge Data Centre Business into Separate Listed Entity to Accelerate Digital Infrastructure Growth

July 21, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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

India’s AI Boom Has a Cooling Problem Nobody’s Solved Yet — And It’s Not About Chips or Capital

July 16, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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

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

July 10, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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

July 7, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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

June 25, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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