Digital Connexion’s Chennai data center becomes operational
Chennai: Digital Connexion, a three-way joint venture between Brookfield Asset Management (Brookfield), Reliance Industries Ltd and Digital Realty, on Friday announced the launch of its first data center campus here. It will cater to critical IT load capacity of up to 100 megawatts (MW).
According to Digital Connection, the first phase of the data center, MAA10, will offer 20MW IT load and feature a modular infrastructure design, enabling customers to scale their infrastructure in response to different workload demands, ranging from single cabinet Anything up to multi-MW. Requirements.
It is equipped to support emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models. The facility also offers standardized configurations and ultrahigh-power density (up to 70 kW per rack) to meet the high-density power, appropriate cooling infrastructure and interconnectivity demands of AI workloads.
Inaugurating the facility, Tamil Nadu Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services Palanivel Thiagarajan said: “The convergence of entities like Jio (Reliance), Digital Realty and Brookfield in this program is indeed a commendable collaboration. As India is undergoing digital transformation is, marked by the digitalization of our economy, substantial growth in exports, and Software as a Service (SaaS), Chennai stands out prominently as the SaaS capital in the country. In light of these developments, I “And look forward to significant growth in expansion to meet the demands of our increasingly digital society.”
“Given the availability of the required power supply, the large number of submarine cable landing stations in the local area and the aspirations of the state government, this 100 MW complex at Ambattur (in Chennai) is ideal,” said CB Velayuthan, CEO, Digital Connexion. Chennai is the top data center hub in India.”
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani recently said the company has partnered with Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management and US-based Digital Reality to set up a state-of-the-art data centre, which will be opened next week. Week.
