Colt Data Center Services (DCS), a global data center major, is planning an ambitious USD 1.3 billion-dollar investment in India. It plans to set up two data campuses in Mumbai and Chennai with investment plans spread over the next 3-4 years.
Colt DCS recently announced that its first data center in India, is coming up in Airoli, Navi Mumbai. This data center will eventually have a capacity of 120 MW, and will be spread over 62,000 square meters, on a 15 acre property. Of this 22 MW is already operational. The company has now revealed that its Mumbai plans are much bigger, pegging the total investment at USD 750 million, with USD 115 million being spent on the first phase alone.
Mumbai is already the most preferred location for those wishing to set up data centers in India, due to its superior power infrastructure and fiber connectivity. It is also Asia-Pacific’s third largest data center destination after Shanghai and Tokyo.
In Chennai, Colt DCS is eyeing a property in Ambattur. The data center that will be built here, over a period of the next two years, will be able to cater to a demand for up to 72 MW. Chennai is also emerging as a hub for data centers in India due to its proximity to world class under-sea cable infrastructure. No wonder it has now caught the eye of a major global player like Colt DCS.
Originally established in the City of London in 1992, the company was acquired by Fidelity Investments in 2015, and is now named Colt DCS. It has 14 hyperscale data center campuses in France, Germany, UK, Japan, and now in India. Colt DCS is a part of Colt Group Holdings, which though fully owned by Fidelity, is run independently and outside of Fidelity investments.
