Push to AI ecosystem in India: Equinix opens International Business Exchange in Chennai
CHENNAI, Sep 19 (BVI) – Expanding its AI ecosystem in India, global digitial infrastructure company Equinix, Inc. has opened its first International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Chennai, CN1.
Located in Siruseri on a nearly six-acre plot of land, this new facility will be interconnected with Equinix’s Mumbai campus, which consists of three IBX data centers, to support business digitization and resilience, as well as AI development in India, the company said in a statement today.
With an initial investment of $69 million to provide 800 cabinets of capacity, this state-of-the-art facility will eventually support 4,250 cabinets.
The data center is engineered for a high reliability of 99.999% uptime and features a full suite of Equinix interconnection services, including Equinix Fabric®, which enables enterprises to leverage the full benefits of hybrid multicloud services.
Its advanced design also enables support for liquid cooling technology, which is essential for handling the high-density, compute-intensive workloads that are driving AI and other transformative technologies.
India is leveraging technology to drive innovation and economic growth, with a strong focus on becoming a global leader in AI. As part of this vision, the country is investing heavily in emerging technologies, including AI, quantum computing, blockchain and edge computing.
These advancements demand substantial computing power and data processing resources, urging India to expand its data center capacity.
The launch of CN1 in Chennai marks a pivotal milestone in strengthening the digital backbone required to support these technologies, the statement said.
Equinix currently hosts more than 300 companies in India, including network service providers and five internet exchanges.
Its Mumbai campus consists of three high-performance data centers and hosts a robust cloud ecosystem for customers in India, including native on-ramps to key cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
With the launch of CN1, customers in Chennai can gain low-latency access to this key digital ecosystem, enabling seamless and secure connectivity with their business partners, customers and providers.
Manoj Paul, Managing Director, India, Equinix, said, “With CN1’s cutting-edge capabilities, we look forward to enabling businesses in Chennai and across India to leverage future-ready, scalable and digital infrastructure that supports sustainability to expand their business in Tamil Nadu and globally.” (BVI)
