Telangana Plans Advanced Data Centres to Power ‘Data City’ Vision

Fast Summary

• Telangana government is focusing on advanced infrastructure, renewable energy, and a proposed “Data City” near Hyderabad to support growing data center demands.
• The drive is led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy,targeting AI-ready data centres and engaging in dialogues with global corporations.
• Since January 2024, investments totaling over ₹1.42 lakh crore were attracted for projects adding 5,189 MW capacity. Undisclosed investments are also in progress.
• Key projects:

– A high-performance AI compute facility announced by CDAC with a capacity of over 20 petaflops in the upcoming “AI City.”
– Iron Mountain committed ₹5,200 crore for a soon-operational 10 MW data centre; future plans include a larger hyperscale facility (100 MW).
– AWS pledged ₹60,000 crore to expand Hyderabad’s capacity by 1,200 MW over the next few years.
– Yotta Technologies plans a cloud AI-GPU facility with up to 25,000 GPUs at Bharat Future City (50 MW).

• At WEF events in Davos (2024 & upcoming), companies like Blackstone and CtrlS signed agreements for new data centres alongside ongoing proposals from ST Telemedia, NTT data among others.

Indian Opinion Analysis

The emergence of hyderabad as a hub for high-capacity data centres signals important technological advancement and economic opportunities not only within Telangana but across India’s broader tech ecosystem. The sustained public-private collaboration-manifested thru sizable commitments from global players like AWS-is indicative of confidence in the region’s infrastructure development strategy and policy stability. Projects such as AI compute facilities align well with India’s digital transformation goals while fostering innovation critical for Artificial Intelligence research and implementation at scale.

Additionally, efforts focused on renewable energy sources underline long-term sustainability-a key factor amid concerns about environmental impacts from large-scale energy consumption associated with data centres globally.telangana’s proactive stance offers implications beyond direct investment gains-it may set an exmaple for other states striving to attract cutting-edge industries while addressing infrastructure gaps sustainably.

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