Data centers in the Chennai market
The Chennai market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 45 km of Chennai: 37 data centers in 2 towns and cities, led by Chennai (31) and Chengalpattu (1). That is 10% of the listings in India, the 3rd largest of 5 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are Nxtra (5), NTT Global Data Centers (5) and STT GDC (5), out of 18 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 41% of them; 12 of the 18 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 252 MW of IT load across 10 buildings and 20 MW of utility power across 1 building; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 4 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (2 Tier III and 2 Tier IV). Tier IV: NPCI Smart Data Center Chennai. Listings not yet in operation: 2 planned and 2 under construction. Among them: Colt DCS Chennai, STT GDC STT Chennai 4, Iron Mountain CHN-1 and Iron Mountain CHN-2.
About the Chennai market
The directory lists 37 data centers in the Chennai market, 41st of the 64 markets it covers and 10 percent of the 374 listed in India. 31 of them, 84 percent, are recorded in Chennai itself and 1 in Chengalpattu. 18 operators are named.
NTT Global Data Centers, Nxtra and STT GDC have the most listings, 5 each, followed by Iron Mountain with 3 and CtrlS and Sify with 2 each. 27 records are colocation sites, alongside 5 enterprise sites and 1 cloud region.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. 10 buildings publish an IT load; the largest are the CtrlS Chennai Datacenter Park and the planned Colt DCS Chennai, at 72 MW each, followed by NTT's Chennai 2 at 34.8 MW. 1 building publishes a utility supply: Digital Realty MAA10 at 20.4 MW. By floor area, the CtrlS park is the largest listed building at 1.0 million square feet, ahead of EdgeConneX's Chennai site at 400,000.
2 facilities are under construction, Iron Mountain's CHN-1 and CHN-2, and 2 are planned, Colt DCS Chennai and STT GDC's Chennai 4. 4 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 2 at Tier III and 2 at Tier IV, among them the L&T Construction data center.
Towns and cities
Chennai (31) · Chengalpattu (1)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| NTT Global Data Centers | 5 |
| Nxtra | 5 |
| STT GDC | 5 |
| Iron Mountain | 3 |
| CtrlS | 2 |
| Sify | 2 |
| AirTrunk | 1 |
| Colt DCS | 1 |
| Digital Realty | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Equinix | 1 |
| Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd. | 1 |
| L&T Construction | 1 |
| L&T-Cloudfiniti | 1 |
| Microsoft | 1 |
| MilkyUpizise | 1 |
| National Payments Corporation of India | 1 |
| Reliance | 1 |
Largest data centers in the Chennai market by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| Colt DCS Chennai | Colt DCS | 72 |
| CtrlS Chennai Datacenter Park | CtrlS | 72 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Chennai 2 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 34.8 |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 2 | STT GDC | 26 |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 4 | STT GDC | 17 |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 3 | STT GDC | 15 |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 7 | STT GDC | 7 |
| Sify Chennai 01 | Sify | 3.58 |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 1 | STT GDC | 3 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Chennai 1 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 2 |
Top 10 of 10 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in the Chennai market
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain CHN-1 | Iron Mountain | Under construction | not recorded |
| Iron Mountain CHN-2 | Iron Mountain | Under construction | not recorded |
| Colt DCS Chennai | Colt DCS | Planned | not recorded |
| STT GDC STT Chennai 4 | STT GDC | Planned | not recorded |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| CtrlS Chennai Datacenter Park | CtrlS | 1,000,000 |
| EdgeConneX Chennai, India (MAA) | EdgeConneX | 400,000 |
| Digital Realty MAA10 | Digital Realty | 61,500 |
| NTT Global Data Centers Chennai 1 Data Center | NTT Global Data Centers | 16,146 |
| Equinix Chennai CN1 | Equinix | 8,073 |