Equinix powering India’s Digital Transformation with its new Chennai Data Centre

 

 

 

Equinix, the world’s leading digital infrastructure company, has announced the opening of its first AI-ready International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Chennai, CN1, marking a major milestone in India’s digital and AI growth journey.

Located in Siruseri, Tamil Nadu, on a nearly six-acre campus, CN1 strengthens India’s position as a global hub for digital innovation, cloud services, and artificial intelligence deployment. The facility is fully interconnected with Equinix’s Mumbai data center campus, enabling seamless low-latency connectivity and hybrid multicloud solutions for enterprises across the country.

With an initial $69 million investment, CN1 will launch with 800 cabinets of capacity and expand to support 4,250 cabinets, delivering 99.999% uptime reliability. Equipped with Equinix Fabric interconnection services, CN1 allows enterprises to optimize cloud adoption, data-driven innovation, and AI workloads. Its advanced liquid cooling technology ensures readiness for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI-driven applications.

 

The Equinix CN1 data center in Chennai comes equipped with an AI-ready design featuring advanced liquid cooling capabilities to handle high-performance workloads. Built with a fault-tolerant infrastructure ensuring 99.999% uptime, it offers multiple diverse fiber paths for seamless, low-latency connectivity. Reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, the facility integrates renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Additionally, CN1 provides direct access to leading global cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud, enabling businesses to scale with agility and efficiency.

India’s AI and digital economy expansion

India is rapidly investing in AI, blockchain, quantum computing, and edge technologies, driving demand for sustainable and scalable data centers. With Chennai emerging as a key hub for innovation and AI research, Equinix CN1 will accelerate digital adoption for enterprises, startups, and global corporations entering southern India.

Manoj Paul, Managing Director, Equinix India, said, “CN1 represents a pivotal step in India’s digitalization journey, extending our interconnected ecosystem of cloud, carrier, and enterprise partners from Mumbai to Chennai. This launch underlines our commitment to building future-ready, sustainable digital infrastructure that empowers businesses in Tamil Nadu and across India to scale globally.”

 

Equinix currently powers over 300 companies in India, including five internet exchanges. Globally, the company operates 270+ data centers across 77 markets in 36 countries, serving 10,000+ businesses. In Asia-Pacific alone, Equinix has 60+ data centers, supporting the region’s fast-growing digital economies.

With CN1, Equinix reinforces its vision of empowering India’s digital future, enabling businesses to adopt AI, cloud, and digital transformation strategies while ensuring sustainability and innovation remain at the forefront.