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NTT Chennai 2 campus

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Chennai market · location approximate to district level

NTT Chennai 2 campus is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by NTT Global Data Centers. It is operational. It is planned for 35 MW of IT load. The operator reports 17 MW running.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 30 June 2023. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
35 MW
Running now
17 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
NTT Global Data Centers
Colocation
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How India approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in India.

Where it sits

Chennai holds 16 active projects with 819 MW of planned IT load between them, and NTT Chennai 2 campus ranks 12th by planned capacity. Of those, 10 are operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 2 are under construction, 2 are at the land and permitting stage and 1 is announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Chennai was 24.2% as of June 2025. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.

NTT has 6 others in India tracked by ArusGrid, including NTT Navi Mumbai 2 (NAV2), NTT Navi Mumbai 1 (NAV1) campus and NTT Bengaluru 4 campus. It sits on the NTT Chennai 2 campus. Named funding comes from NTT on the equity side. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-01, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

The build is phased. Building 2A at 17 MW is operational with a 2023 target; Building 2B at 17 MW is announced. The stage was recorded as operational on 30 June 2023.

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 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 30 June 2023, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsNo

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

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.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Phases

Building 2A · Operational17 MW, target 2023
Building 2B · Announced17 MW

Stage history

2023-06-30Operational · datacenterdynamics.com

Who is behind it

OperatorNTT Global Data Centers · Colocation
Funder, EquityNTT

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-01. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Money at this site

ArusGrid estimate, building costabout US$196m to US$266m

No figure has been announced. This range is 35 MW of planned IT load times a published benchmark of US$6.64 per watt for Mumbai, plus or minus 15 percent. It covers the building and its mechanical and electrical plant. It excludes land, grid works, servers and fees.

Benchmark: Turner & Townsend Data Centre Construction Cost Index 2025, as reported by Data Storage Asia. An estimate is never added to any total on the site.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 7,650 to INR 11,900 (about USD 91 to 142)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the wholesale band. No usable capex for this site. Electricity unstated in the band. An estimate, never a quote, computed by fixed rules published on the Colo prices page and never counted in any total.

market band, wholesale (2024-12)INR 7,650 to INR 11,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
Water and cooling
CoolingWater-cooled chillers Confirmed source ↗
Redundant water cooled system with CRAC units in suites and cold aisle containment, per NTT facility page.

Sources checked 2026-10-22

  1. NTT launches hyperscale campus in Chennai, India (DCD, 2023-06-30)
  2. NTT launches hyperscale data center campus with new subsea cable system in Chennai (CXOToday (NTT press release), 2023-06-29)
  3. Chennai 2 Data Center (NTT DATA)
  4. NTT launched its hyperscale data center with subsea cable in Chennai (W.Media, 2023-06-30)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.