The Ultimate Guide to Data centers
A curated Indian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Data centers (DC).
What to know about Data centers
Data centers serve as the backbone of our digital world, housing the critical infrastructure that powers the internet, cloud services, and enterprise IT operations. They are pivotal in managing the ever-expanding volume of data generated across industries and consumers globally.
This collection of stories highlights the dynamic growth and technological innovations shaping data centers today. From expansions into emerging markets like Indonesia and Malaysia to the creation of AI-ready and sustainable campuses, data centers are evolving to meet increasing demands for performance, scalability, and environmental responsibility.
Readers will find insights into advancements in cooling technologies, energy efficiency, and the incorporation of renewable energy sources aimed at reducing carbon footprints. Moreover, the integration of AI and edge computing within data center architectures demonstrates how the industry adapts to modern workloads and latency-sensitive applications.
Security remains a critical theme, as data centers bolster defenses against cyber threats while ensuring compliance with emerging regulations. Partnerships between global tech firms and local providers underscore the importance of connectivity, interconnection, and hybrid cloud strategies in today’s data ecosystem.
Exploring these stories offers a comprehensive view of how data centers underpin digital transformation, drive innovation, and face challenges in sustainability, infrastructure expansion, and operational excellence.
Indian Data centers News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Microscan, Activeport to launch India network platform
Businesses in India could gain faster, self-service connectivity as the platform is set to go live in early 2027 across Microscan's fibre network.
CoreWeave enters India with 240 MW Navi Mumbai data centre
The US cloud group is deepening its Asia push, with the Navi Mumbai site set to become a major base for AI workloads from mid-2028.
Henox launches CREST subsea cable to widen India links
The project aims to reduce congestion and concentration risk at India's limited coastal gateways as cloud and AI demand for international links surges.
Constl completes India's first 1.6 Tbps live channel
The live Mumbai-Pune trial gives carriers extra capacity for cloud and AI traffic, with Constl now claiming India's first 1.6 Tbps channel.
Constl hits 1.6 Tbps live channel on Mumbai-Pune route
A live production test on the Mumbai-Pune corridor gives Constl extra headroom for hyperscaler and AI traffic, lifting per-channel capacity by 60%.
TCS-backed HyperVault plans AI campus in Hyderabad
The 1GW project could create thousands of jobs and cement Hyderabad's pitch as a hub for AI infrastructure and hyperscale computing.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Data centers
Flexxon invests in Tech4Biz for secure server build
Kingston holds global DRAM module lead with 62% share
Gartner forecasts AI strain on services, costs & jobs
LG's 2.6MW cooling unit wins NVIDIA DSX qualification
AI drives bigger data storage needs, Western Digital study
Featured News
Exclusive: Castrol puts data centre experts behind CORE
The shift towards AI-ready liquid cooling is prompting Castrol to target new-build data centres and costly retrofits across Asia Pacific.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
VAST Data targets AI data sovereignty with DataEnclave
Enterprises and governments could run AI on sensitive data without exposing it, as the technology targets sovereignty rules across APAC.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source
Rising AI demand is exposing cloud bottlenecks, as firms eye in-house open source systems to cut costs and limit vendor lock-in.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Expert Columns
The Next Evolution of Data Centres Isn't Technology. It's People
Small but mighty - micro data centres are the foundation of security and disaster recovery
Building Infrastructure for an AI World in Motion
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Engineering for operations: going from security to insight
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
The data center math has changed
Fewer servers, more performance: The new logic of the modern data center
Why identity convergence matters for data centre security
Why data management will make or break your RISE with SAP migration
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Data centers News
Oracle to offer Google TPUs on OCI Cloud from 2027
Enterprise users will gain another AI chip choice in OCI from 2027, as Oracle becomes the first hyperscale cloud outside Google to host TPUs.
Akamai launches AI inference & agent sandbox tools
The new services are designed to help enterprises move AI systems into production while keeping latency, data access and agent security under control.
Cloudflare records 49 global internet disruptions in Q3
Power cuts, shutdowns and conflict disrupted internet access worldwide, with Cloudflare logging 49 incidents in the quarter and Iraq driving 18 exam-related outages.
Leostream launches cloud remote access alternative to VPN
Organisations can now limit contractors and staff to approved machines only, avoiding wider network exposure and reducing reliance on VPNs.
Virtuozzo adds NVIDIA support & lite deployment option
Smaller sites can now run AI and storage together more cheaply, as the new version targets remote offices and on-premises deployments.
3C merges with Datalec to form AI data centre group
Rising demand for AI-ready infrastructure has prompted the new group to target more than USD $400 million in revenue in 2026.
Tata Communications to invest USD $450 million in AI network
The build-out could lift India's data centre links as Tata Communications adds about 10,000km of fibre to serve AI and cloud demand.
Nvidia backs open standards for AI factory builds
The move could let data centre builders use common blueprints for high-power AI systems, easing deployment of racks up to 250kW.
Enteligent launches modular power stack for AI racks
It aims to ease a growing power bottleneck in AI data centres, where operators are struggling to fit more compute into the same rack space.
WWT & DDN launch AI storage design for NVIDIA Vera Rubin
It aims to ease power and planning bottlenecks for AI campuses by matching storage to GPU racks and cutting recomputation delays.
DeepL selects VAST Data for AI translation platform
The deployment should let DeepL's researchers work on larger language models and real-time voice translation with less manual data movement.
Google Cloud unveils ultra-low latency tools for markets
Exchanges and trading firms can now run latency-sensitive workloads in Google Cloud private regions, as it targets co-location-like timing predictability.
CtrlS to invest Rs 10,000 crore in Bihar datacentre push
The Patna opening adds 12 MW of capacity as the company targets Bihar's rising cloud and AI demand with a wider Rs 10,000 crore plan.
Dell expands AI Factory to push agentic AI on-site
Adoption has climbed to more than 6,500 customers as businesses shift from AI pilots to on-premise production and weigh rising costs.
Dell expands AI Factory with NVIDIA for enterprise use
More than 6,500 enterprises are now using the platform as Dell adds software, deskside systems and servers to help move AI from pilot to production.
Equinix opens Sydney centre for liquid-cooled AI tests
Enterprises can now test liquid-cooled AI systems in Sydney before committing to costly rollouts, as power and heat demands surge.
Nutanix expands AI ties with NVIDIA, Supermicro & Netris
The tie-ups are aimed at making it easier for enterprises and cloud providers to run agentic AI in production across mixed infrastructure.
Equinix launches global liquid cooling test centres
Enterprises racing to deploy AI systems can now test liquid cooling in live data centres before committing to large-scale infrastructure changes.
PyTorch Foundation adds nine members, including Shopify
The expansion signals deeper industry backing for open source AI as three new platinum members join the foundation's ecosystem.
OmniOn launches efficient Osprey bus converters for AI
Higher efficiency and the same quarter-brick footprint could ease heat and power constraints for operators packing more AI hardware into dense racks.