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ESR MU1 Rabale data center

Navi Mumbai (Rabale), Maharashtra, India · Mumbai metro market · location approximate to district level

ESR MU1 Rabale is a data center project in Navi Mumbai (Rabale), India, operated by ESR. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The only published capacity figure is 60 MW of total facility power. IT load will be lower.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 25 February 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
60 MW
Total facility power
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
ESR
Local developer
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Open question3 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Power arranged.

Your call. Will it be built?

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

Mumbai metro holds 32 active projects with 2,694 MW of planned IT load between them, and ESR MU1 Rabale ranks 16th 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.

It is the only ESR Group project ArusGrid tracks. Named funding comes from ESR Group on the equity side. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as announced only on 25 February 2026.

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 5 June 2026, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed client (reported)Yes
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

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

Stage history

2026-02-25Announced · esr.com

Who is behind it

OperatorESR · Local developer
Funder, EquityESR Group

Who uses the compute

Tenant · enterpriseUndisclosed ICT company · reported, unconfirmed

as of 2026-02-25

ESR release says the building is pre-leased to an ICT company it does not name.

Source · ESR Enters India Data Centre Market with 60 MW Facility in Mumbai (ESR, 2026-02-25)

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 6,800 to INR 8,900 (about USD 81 to 106)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the hyperscale band, which already reflects anchor deals. 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, hyperscale (2024-12)INR 6,800 to INR 8,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
Land
Site3.25 acres · Feb 2026 Confirmed source ↗
Site area only. Seller or landlord not named.

Sources checked 2026-10-22

  1. ESR Enters India Data Centre Market with 60 MW Facility in Mumbai (ESR, 2026-02-25)
  2. ESR Enters India Data Centre Market With $100M Mumbai Project (Mingtiandi, 2026-02-25)
  3. ESR enters Indian data centre market with Rs 9 billion investment in Navi Mumbai (Indian Infrastructure, 2026-02-25)
  4. Warburg Pincus-backed ESR's India data centre asset sale in final leg (Indian Infrastructure, 2026-06-05)

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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.