Equinix has opened its first Worldwide Enterprise Change (IBX) knowledge centre in Siruseri, Chennai, extending its footprint in India past Mumbai. The information centre is constructed with an preliminary funding of USD 69 million within the first part, with future growth plans.

The power at present spans six acres and is designed to serve the demand for digital infrastructure, cloud adoption, and AI-ready computing in southern India. Section I has been totally deployed, Section II is structurally full, and land has been secured for Section III and Section IV growth.

In line with Equinix, the ability has fault-tolerant programs designed to ship 99.99% uptime and can join immediately with the corporate’s three different knowledge centres in Mumbai.

The power is constructed on a 3+1 construction, with every ground holding an influence capability of 1.14 megawatts. At full-scale deployment, it may accommodate 4,260 cupboards. The primary part has launched with 800 cupboards, every rack providing a 20–25 kW capability. The slab-to-slab peak is six metres, and the construction’s Energy Utilization Effectiveness (PUE) is at present 1.46.

Cooling design and scorching aisle containment

Equinix CN1 is designed to deal with high-density workloads. For this, the corporate is utilizing scorching aisle containment as the first cooling system, which separates cold and hot airflows in server rooms. It additionally employs liquid cooling mechanisms the place required.

To assist extra environment friendly operations, Equinix is deploying a mixture of direct-to-chip liquid cooling, rear-door warmth exchangers, and airflow administration to fulfill the calls for of AI workloads.

India’s digital ecosystem

India is scaling as much as assist AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and edge workloads, which require excessive computing energy and low-latency connectivity. In line with the corporate, Equinix at present hosts greater than 300 corporations in India, together with cloud suppliers reminiscent of AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

With the launch of CN1, clients in Chennai will have the ability to entry this ecosystem and profit from proximity to submarine cable touchdown factors alongside the Tamil Nadu coast.

Manoj Paul, Managing Director of Equinix India, stated the Chennai launch extends the digital ecosystem the corporate has inbuilt Mumbai to enterprises and repair suppliers in southern India. He added that assist from the Tamil Nadu authorities and its companies, together with SIPCOT and the Industries Division, was essential in bringing the ability on-line.