Also listed as Amazon data center Thane, Amazon data center Balkum and AWS Thane Balkum-Majiwada.
AWS Thane (Balkum-Majiwada) is a data center project in Thane, India, operated by Amazon Web Services (Amazon Data Services India). It is under construction. It is planned for 272 MW of IT load.
Latest change on record: moved to under construction on 14 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.
Next gate to watch: Builder appointed.
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Mumbai metro holds 32 active projects with 2,694 MW of planned IT load between them, and AWS Thane (Balkum-Majiwada) ranks third by planned capacity. Of those, 4 are operational, 5 are operational and expanding, 11 are under construction, 6 are at the land and permitting stage and 6 are announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Mumbai metro was 6.6% as of June 2025. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.
AWS has 4 others in India and 7 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, existing sites, AWS Bharat Future City campus and AWS Palava. It sits on the AWS Thane campus. Named funding comes from Amazon on the equity side. The named user of the compute is Amazon Web Services (reported, unconfirmed).
The dated record runs from at the land and permitting stage on 28 October 2022 to under construction on 14 August 2026. The money on record is INR 18bn (about US$218m) as of October 2022, the announced investment. Power comes from State transmission utility (not named) through a dedicated substation. Cooling uses reclaimed water from Thane Municipal Corporation.
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 9 public sources for this project, the latest dated 19 September 2026, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.
Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Reaching this stage requires a dated construction source, which corroborates the project on its own.
Hyperscaler self-build land held since 2022; an environmental clearance application reportedly states 272MW IT load but was not verified.
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
Self-build on 50 to 60 acres at Balkum Pada, Majiwada, bought from Ananta Landmarks (Kalpataru) for Rs 1,800 crore · as of 2022-10-28
AWS land purchase in Thane for a data centre. A public X post cites an Amazon Data Services EC application for Balkum and Majiwada villages at 54.73 acres and 272MW IT load, which was not verified against the EC portal this pass.
Source · AWS acquires 50+ acres in Thane, India (DCD, 2022-10-28)
The figure covers land only.
An own-use build. No colocation price applies.
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