Equinix, a global provider of connectivity and digital infrastructure, has announced the opening of its fourth International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Mumbai. Located in Chandivali, Powai (Central Mumbai), MB3 is a five-story building and spreads over nearly 4 acres of land.
MB3 is adjacent to MB2 and just 1.5 km from MB1, forming an interconnected campus environment linked through physically diverse dark fiber networks. The launch of the facility named MB3, comes at a time when AI adoption, cloud migration, data localization requirements, and the rapid expansion of digital services are significantly increasing demand for secure, high-density, and globally interconnected infrastructure in India.
In a press release, Equinix said that MB3 is designed to support high-performance workloads and hybrid multicloud deployments with liquid cooling capability for enterprises across India. With an initial investment of over US$ 95 million, MB3 provides more than 1,370 cabinets of capacity, with the facility designed to scale to more than 5,475 cabinets when fully built out.
“As AI shifts from pilots to real-world inferencing at scale, enterprises face intensifying challenges around data gravity, latency, power density, and the imperative to keep sensitive data within secure, compliant local environments. Addressing these demands requires infrastructure that is not only high-density and AI-ready, but deeply interconnected and provides sovereignty safeguards,” said Equinix, explaining why and how it developed its latest facility to enable enterprises to deploy AI closer to data, clouds, and users, while maintaining performance, data residency compliance, and the global reach needed to innovate and compete internationally.
“We are pleased to welcome Equinix, a global leader, on the launch of its first self-built data center in Mumbai. With Maharashtra hosting nearly 60 percent of India’s data center capacity, the addition of the AI ready MB3 data center, along with Equinix’s solar plant in Yavatmal, further strengthens Mumbai’s position as the country’s premier digital hub,” said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, speaking on the occasion of the launch. “These investments reflect strong confidence in Maharashtra’s pro‑investment policies and focus on sustainable, next‑generation infrastructure. We look forward to expanding our partnership with Equinix.”
With a cumulative investment of over USD 365 million across India, Equinix has made one of its largest sustained commitments to digital infrastructure in India, reflecting long-term confidence in the country’s digital growth trajectory. Across its Mumbai and Chennai campuses, connected via dedicated dark fiber, Equinix currently provides a combined capacity of more than 4,725 cabinets, enabling national-level redundancy and regional traffic optimization.
Cyrus Adaggra, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix, said, “India continues to play a pivotal role in shaping Asia‑Pacific’s digital future, and the opening of MB3 strengthens our ability to support customers as they navigate new growth driven by cloud adoption, AI innovation and increasing interconnection needs.”
Manoj Paul, Managing Director, India, Equinix, said, “India is at a pivotal stage in its digital transformation, with growing AI and cloud adoption and stricter data localization requirements that are shaping the next phase of economic growth.” He also touched upon the impact of India’s proposed tax holiday for global cloud providers, and the introduction of safe harbor provisions, calling them “strong policy enablers that reinforce the country’s position as a trusted global digital hub.” He further said, “As enterprises embrace hybrid multicloud and prepare for AI inferencing at scale, seamless interconnection between businesses, network service providers and hyperscalers becomes essential. The launch of MB3 comes at exactly the right time, providing the ecosystems, interconnection density and scalable capacity needed to power India’s next wave of digital expansion.”
Equinix says that MB3 has achieved 100 percent renewables coverage and aligns with the company’s goal of achieving 100 percent renewables coverage across its global operations by 2030. Equinix has further reinforced its commitment to sustainability with its recent commissioning of a 26.4 MWp group captive solar project in India under a long-term renewable energy agreement with CleanMax. The project is expected to generate approximately 41.4 million kWh of clean energy annually, reducing over 30,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year.
Globally, Equinix operates 280 data centers across 77 markets in 36 countries, serving over 10,500 leading businesses and enabling their digital transformation. In the Asia-Pacific region, Equinix’s portfolio includes 64 data centers across key metros in Australia, China*, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore, providing interconnection and digital infrastructure solutions to support the region’s dynamic economies.
*Equinix operates five data centers in Shanghai through a strategic partnership