Digital Connexion launches MAA10 data center in Chennai
Digital Connexion on Friday said it was launching its first data center campus catering up to 100 megawatt (MW) critical IT load capacity in Chennai's Ambattur Industrial Estate.
The company which is a three-way joint venture between Brookfield Asset Management, Reliance Industries and Digital Realty said that during the first phase of the data center, MAA10, will offer 20MW of IT load and features a modular infrastructure design that will enable customers to scale their infrastructure in response to varied workload demands, accommodating anything from single cabinet needs to multi-megawatt requirements.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitNorthwestern UniversityKellogg Post Graduate Certificate in Product ManagementVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisit“We are excited about the launch of our first data center in Chennai. This 100 MW campus in Ambattur is ideal, given the availability of the necessary power supply, high number of submarine cable landing stations in the local area, and the state government's aspirations to make Chennai the top data center hub in India," CB Velayuthan, CEO of Digital Connexion said in a statement.
The data center is also equipped to support emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models and also offers standardized configurations and ultra-high-power densities (up to 70 kilowatts per rack) to meet the high-density power, suitable cooling infrastructure, and interconnectivity demands of AI workloads.
The company said that MAA10 leverages Brookfield’s knowledge of the Indian infrastructure market, Digital
