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Techno Digital TD-1 Chennai data center

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

Techno Digital TD-1 Chennai is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by Techno Digital Infra. It is operational. It is planned for 40 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 1 September 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
40 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Techno Digital Infra
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
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 Techno Digital TD-1 Chennai ranks 11th 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.

It is the only Techno Digital project ArusGrid tracks. Named funding comes from Techno Electric & Engineering 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 stage was recorded as operational on 1 September 2025. The money on record is US$175m as of September 2025, the announced investment.

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 8 public sources for this project, the latest dated 27 September 2026, 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 capitalYes
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Operator states 10 to 50kW racks and GB200-tested UPS; no deployment named.

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

TD-1 · Operational36 MW, target 2025

Stage history

2025-09-01Operational · datacentremagazine.com

Who is behind it

OperatorTechno Digital Infra · Colocation
Funder, EquityTechno Electric & Engineering

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

Announced investment, 2025-09US$175m

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
Land
Industrial estateSIPCOT (SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri) · Aug 2025 Reported source ↗
Facility over 200,000 sq ft built-up; 25% of site area green space (Voice&Data); plot area not disclosed
Power supply
Dedicated substation110kV · Aug 2025 Reported source ↗
110kV substation on site; utility not named.
Dedicated substation110kV · Aug 2025 Reported source ↗
On-site 110kV GIS substation with dual feeds from independent grid substations.
Water and cooling
CoolingWater-cooled chillers · design PUE 1.35 Reported source ↗
Centrifugal water-cooled chillers with adiabatic cooling towers. The operator claims 75 percent lower water use.

Sources checked 2026-10-22

  1. Techno Digital Launches AI-Ready 36 MW Chennai Data Centre (Data Centre Magazine, 2025-09-01)
  2. Techno Digital (Techno Digital Infra, 2026-09-27)
  3. Techno Electric Investor Presentation Earnings Update Q1 FY27 (Techno Electric & Engineering, 2026-08-12)
  4. Techno Electric & Engineering Q1 FY27 Earnings Call Summary (InvestorStack, 2026-08-12)
  5. India's Techno Digital opens 36MW data center (DCD, 2025-08-28)
  6. Techno Digital unveils 36MW AI-Ready hyperscale data center in Chennai (TND India, 2025-08-28)
  7. Techno Digital unveils 36 MW AI-ready hyperscale DC in Chennai (W.Media, 2025-08-28)
  8. Techno Electric & Engineering Company Limited Monitoring Agency Report on QIP Fund Utilization for Quarter Ended December 31, 2025 (Investywise, 2026-02-16)

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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.