Microsoft Hyderabad Mekaguda campus (HYD01) is a data center project in Mekaguda, India, operated by Microsoft. It is operational. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Latest change on record: moved to operational on 6 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.
This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.
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How India approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in India.
Hyderabad holds 15 active projects with 1,128 MW of planned IT load between them, and Microsoft Hyderabad Mekaguda campus (HYD01) has no published figure so it sits outside that ranking. Of those, 5 are operational, 3 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Hyderabad was 23.4% as of June 2025. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.
Microsoft has 3 others in India and 10 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including Microsoft Hyderabad Chandanvelly campus (HYD11), Microsoft Hyderabad Shadnagar campus (HYD04) and Microsoft Pune (Hinjewadi). It sits on the Microsoft India South Central campus alongside Microsoft Hyderabad Chandanvelly campus (HYD11) and Microsoft Hyderabad Shadnagar campus (HYD04). The named user of the compute is Microsoft (reported, unconfirmed).
The dated record runs from under construction on 1 July 2024 to operational on 6 August 2026. Power comes from TSSPDCL and TS Transco (Cheguru substation) through a dedicated substation at 220 kV.
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in India, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 6 public sources for this project, the latest dated 24 September 2026, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Hyperscaler self-build announced 2023, region launched 2026 for AI workloads, zero-water cooling.
This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.
No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source
Azure India South Central region (Hyderabad, three availability zones), live 6 Aug 2026 · as of 2026-08-06
DCD (Jan 2023) names Mekaguda, Shadnagar and Chandanvelly as Microsoft's Hyderabad sites, each supporting about 100MW; Microsoft's own release says the India South Central region went live in Hyderabad with three availability zones. Microsoft does not say which campus is which zone.
Source · Microsoft's newest India datacenter region goes live to power the country's AI economy and enable Frontier Firms (Microsoft Source Asia, 2026-08-06)
Source · Microsoft and AWS to increase data center presence in Telangana (DCD, 2023-01-20)
Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.
An own-use build. No colocation price applies.
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