After a prolonged wait, the Digital India Act draft is to be released in June 2023
Finally wait is over. The much-awaited draft of the Digital India Act (DIA)bill will be released by the Indian government in the first week of June, announced by the Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The bill is to replace India’s decades-old Internet law, the Information Technology Act, of 2000. As well […]
NTT GDC Lands India’s First 12 Fiber Pair Capacity System in Chennai
NTT Global Data Centers achieved a significant milestone by landing the MIST subsea cable in Chennai, India. The MIST cable is India’s first 12 fiber pair capacity system, boasting a bandwidth of 200 Tbps, according to the company. It is also one of the largest bandwidth submarine cables in the Asia-Pacific region. This Mist cable […]
CapitaLand to get its third data center in India at Rs 1,940Cr
CapitaLand India Trust Management Pte Ltd, the trustee-manager of CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT), is putting in Rs 1,940 crore for its third data center in India, to come up in Ambattur, Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. The company is getting a 4.01-acre freehold land estimated to cost Rs 83.28 crore. India has an […]
Blackstone embarks into the Asian data center sector, beginning with India
India has an ever-growing demand for the data center sector, attracting A number of foreign investors like Capitaland, Bam Digital Realty, Digital Edge, and Princeton Digital Group to name a few, enthusiastically investing in Indian DC. The latest one to join is Blackstone’s Lumina Cloudinfra, laying the foundation of its first hyperscale data center in Mumbai. […]
Korea Provides Incentives to Data Centers Built in Non-Capital Areas
The South Korean government has announced its intention to offer incentives for newly established data centers situated in regions beyond the Seoul metropolitan area, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province. This step aligns with Korea’s broader initiatives to encourage the dispersion of data centers, which have been predominantly concentrated in the capital region. According to the Ministry […]
PLDT’s Data Center Expansion Fuels Ongoing Growth
PLDT affirms that its continuous expansion of data centers is sustaining its growth by attracting new businesses. The recent performance of the VITRO Santa Rosa Data Center demonstrates a notable 5% growth, equivalent to P11.8 billion (about USD 210 million), in the first quarter of this year. With the industry sector increasingly embracing digital transformation […]