Data Centre: According to JLL and Nxtra’s joint research, Mumbai and Chennai lead the domestic data centre market in India because the coastal cities have the inherent advantage of a dense wet cable ecosystem. The best global latencies are provided by a dense wet cable ecosystem.
According to the report, Mumbai has the most cable landings in the country, followed by Chennai, which is emerging as an alternative hub for data centre operations in APAC due to the city’s strong presence of banking, financial services, and manufacturing companies.
Due to its central location and the availability of reliable power, cable landing stations, and BFSI companies, India’s financial capital has been the front runner. According to the report, the southern city offers low start-up costs and skilled IT and non-IT talent for the DC construction. Tamil Nadu’s capital is connected to the APAC region and can also provide low-latency intra-land connectivity to other landlocked cities.
Chennai has more Data centre
According to the report, Chennai has the fastest internet speed among other cities, allowing for increased digital transactions and other data-driven services. It also distinguishes itself from other APAC cities due to the large amount of suitable land pool. According to data provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Tamil Nadu’s total installed renewable capacity increased to 15, 915.70 MW on February 28, 2022, up from 12,125 MW in January 2019. (MNRE).
Total solar capacity in the southern state increased to 4,894.49 MW on February 28, 2022, up from 2,575 MW on March 31, 2019, and wind capacity increased to 9,857.67 MW, up from 8,969 MW.
As of February 28, 2022, the MNRE estimates Maharashtra’s total installed renewable capacity to be 10632.69 MW. As of February 28, 2022, the state’s total solar capacity was 2606.63 MW, while wind capacity was 5012.83 MW at the same time.
According to the State Economic Survey 2020-21 report, Maharashtra’s total installed renewable capacity was 9,817 MW as of November 30, 2020. According to JLL, a global real estate firm, India’s colocation data centre industry is expected to double to 1008 MW IT load by 2023 from 499 (MW) IT load in H1 2021.
Any large data centre facility that rents out rack space to third parties for their servers or other network equipment is known as a colocation data centre.