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NTT Ltd expands Hyperscale Data Centre footprint in India

Published on : Thursday 01-10-2020

NTTs data centre capacity in India expands by 30 percent with the addition of Mumbai 7 Data Centre.

Mumbai, September 30, 2020: NTT Ltd’s Global Data Centres division today announced the expansion of its line of data centre facilities with the launch of a new high-density and hyperscale data centre in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The Mumbai 7 Data Centre operates with 375,000 sq.ft of colocation space, and will offer the capacity to host 5000 racks and over 30 MW of load. The new Mumbai 7 Data Centre facility will expand NTT Ltd’s data centre capacity (server room) in India by 30 percent.

NTT plans to invest around 2 billion dollars on the expansion of data centres, networks, and solar power projects in India.

This current data canter footprint expansion in India is part of the ongoing growth strategy of the Global Data Centres division which operates the third-largest data centre platform in the world, with over 160 data centres spanning more than 20 countries and regions. The Mumbai 7 Data Centre is operational with some marquee anchored customers on-board already.

The Mumbai 7 Data Centre is the third hyperscale data centre in Chandivali campus and is well connected by fibre from all four sides. Together NTT’s Mumbai hub of data centres makes the Chandivali campus India’s first and largest operational hyperscale Data Centre Park, which totals over 1,000,000 sq.ft, 13,000 racks and 100 MW of load capacity.

“India has been a key market for NTT Ltd’s data centre portfolio. Organisations today demand an ever-expanding global platform to reach their growing digital business objectives,” said Masaaki Moribayashi, Senior Executive Vice President, Services of NTT Ltd. “That’s why we continue to expand our portfolio of state-of-the-art data centres in new and existing markets that complement our global geographic footprint and support our clients as their demand increases for reliable, robust cloud services, cloud communications, digital entertainment, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence.”

Sharad Sanghi, CEO, Global Data Centres and Cloud Infrastructure of NTT Ltd in India said, “We are extremely pleased to increase our data centre footprint in Mumbai, during this pandemic to enable our clients to derive greater value while delivering business outcomes. Our data centre facilities are poised to become the very heart of India’s IT Infrastructure needs providing the right platform with end-to-end ICT solutions combining hosted infrastructure, network, security  and managed services – to balance the critical IT load of businesses.”