Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) is reportedly planning another data center in Mumbai, India.
The Economic Times reports that the Fidelity-owned company is planning to set up a data center on a 15-acre land parcel in Navi Mumbai’s Airoli close to its existing operational facility.
Persons with direct knowledge of the development have suggested Colt will invest Rs 8,500 crore ($1 billion) into the project.
The site will reportedly offer 100MW in 30MW phases, in addition to the 25MW facility already in operation.
Colt officially announced plans to invest around $750 million in developing data centers in Mumbai and Chennai back in September 2023.
The company updated its website back in March 2023 to announce its plans to expand into India with a 10-building campus in Navi Mumbai. The first phase of that facility went live in September.
At full build-out, the Airoli campus will total 40 data halls and 40,000 sqm of data center white space across a 62,000 sqm site.
The campus was originally planned to have 120MW at full build-out, but Colt DCS is now planning to expand this to 150MW which will account for part of the $750m capex.
The company is also close to acquiring land in Chennai for another campus in the country. That site will offer 120MW across 10 acres and will be operational in the next two years.
Colt acquired 10 acres in the Ambattur area of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in March 2024. The company aims to deliver an 80MW data center on the site by 2027.
