Flipkart and Adani Group have inked a partnership for logistics and data centre-related businesses. Flipkart will work with Adani Logistics to fortify the former’s supply chain infrastructure and enhance its ability to serve its customers.
“Homegrown e-commerce giant Flipkart is our new strategic partner. In the two-prong partnership, AdaniConneX will build their new Tier 4 data centre and Adani Logistics, India’s leader in logistics, will build their 534,000 sqft fulfilment centre. Thousands of new jobs in Mumbai,” tweeted billionaire Gautam Adani’, announcing the deal.
According to the deal, a 5.34 lakh sq. ft. of fulfilment centre will be set up in Mumbai.
Also, Flipkart will build its third data centre at Adani’s Chennai-based facility, AdaniConneX Private Limited. Flipkart will leverage AdaniConneX’s expertise and data centre technology solutions.
AdaniConnex Pvt Ltd is a new Joint Venture formed recently between EdgeConneX and Adani Enterprises Limited.
“As part of this partnership, Adani Logistics Limited will construct a massive 534,000 sq. ft. fulfilment centre in its upcoming logistics hub in Mumbai that will be leased to Flipkart to address the growing demand for e-commerce in Western India and support market access of several thousands of sellers and MSMEs in the region,” according to a jointly-released press note.
In the third quarter of 2022, the fulfilment centre is expected to be operational and will have the capacity to house 10 million units of sellers’ inventory.
In addition to strengthening Flipkart’s supply chain infrastructure, the company expects the facility to enhance local employment and create 2,500 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs.
The other prong of the partnership will see Flipkart developing its third data centre at the AdaniConnecX Chennai facility as a part of one of the largest private cloud deployments in the country, thereby further strengthening its e-commerce business in India.
“The AdaniConneX data centre is a brand-new facility enabling Flipkart to design the data centre to its growing infrastructure needs with a significant focus on security and keeping data locally within India,” the statement added.
