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Sign in Sign up for a FREE subscriptionDigital Edge, NIIF and AGP to build $1b data centers in India
Digital Edge, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), and AGP DC InvestCo Pte. have entered into a partnership to develop a pan-India portfolio of hyperscale data centers. The facilities will operate under the brand name Digital Edge DC and intend to support the country's ongoing digital transformation and provide much needed capacity to the rapid growth of India's cloud industry.
The partnership's first project is a greenfield 300-megawatt hyperscale facility in Navi Mumbai, which is the country's biggest data center hub offering easy access to infrastructure, including power and fiber connectivity. The facility will be one of the largest data centers in India and is designed to cater to hyperscale deployments, leveraging Digital Edge's cutting-edge engineering architecture to achieve market-leading PUE (power usage effectiveness) and WUE (water usage effectiveness). Construction of the 47-acre site will commence in early 2023 and the facility will be built in mu
