The information centre business could also be exploring tier 2 and three cities for future deployments, however L&T’s Cloudfiniti has chosen to broaden its capability in core markets for now. L&T-Cloudfiniti SPD1 is the corporate’s newest superior AI prepared information centre positioned within the strategic hub of Sriperumbudur, Chennai. 

Spanning throughout about 4,00,000 sq ft of built-up space, the SPD1 is designed with a scalable energy capability of 30 MW and storage capabilities exceeding three petabytes (PB) to fulfill various buyer and AI workloads.

It sits 65 meters above sea degree in a non-flooding zone and gives connectivity to each Bangalore and Chennai, together with ample energy provide.

Whereas L&T is evaluating edge alternatives, the enterprise is prioritising the core, stated Seema Ambastha, CEO – L&T Datacentre and Cloud Providers. “We imagine in constructing to market demand. Proper now, demand remains to be excessive in core areas,” she informed AIM.

Why Core over Edge- For Now?

L&T is exploring edge deployments in tier-2 cities like Jaipur, Kochi, and Coimbatore, however, “precedence stays on constructing scalable, core information centre campuses of 30 to 80 MW — and ultimately 200 MW,” stated Ambastha. 

“India’s digital progress, conversational commerce, AI, and the push for localisation and personalisation—particularly for regulatory compliance—are driving demand,” she added. 

For L&T, long-term success hinges on three pillars—primarily land parcels, engineering expertise and good high quality capex. L&T’s late entry into the information centre market—in 2022–23—has been was a bonus. “That gave us an opportunity to construct sensible from the beginning,”Ambastha stated. 

Cloudfiniti gives each, sovereign cloud and high-performance computing (HPC) options, particularly for industries that want low-latency and excessive compliance. It’s a purpose-built and scalable facility spanning six flooring, every with about 6 MW of capability, together with flooring devoted to AI and one liquid-cooled flooring that may deal with as much as 80 kW per rack.

Strategic AI Partnerships

Ambastha stated the corporate can also be working with AI companions throughout the stack and with sector-specific innovators like Hanuman to co-develop sensible, AI-enabled options. 

SPD1’s present choices serve sectors like BFSI, retail, and authorities, with one main Indian AI startup already utilizing their platform, although the partnership hasn’t been formally introduced.

On the infrastructure aspect, Cloudfiniti makes use of top-tier servers, high-performance NVIDIA GPUs (together with A100s and H100s), and plans to improve to next-gen fashions just like the B200s and B300s to fulfill rising demand. 

“We’re constructing AI-native information facilities with high-density GPU workloads, liquid cooling, and distributed edge inference. We’re additionally bringing applied sciences into India that aren’t right here but, to make them extra sturdy and reasonably priced,” Ambastha stated.

Apart from, L&T can also be specializing in revolutionary, strategic partnerships. An instance can be L&T’s funding in E2E Networks, a supplier of superior cloud GPUs.

Quantum and Past

Moreover, L&T has its eyes on the subsequent frontier of quantum computing. “We purpose to be early movers in quantum computing. It’s important for India, and we plan to host quantum infrastructure at our Chennai facility,”Ambastha stated. 

“We’ve simply introduced our partnership with QPi AI, who’re constructing a 25-qubit quantum system.”

The corporate is embracing a multi-source renewable technique that features photo voltaic, hydro, and inexperienced energy buy agreements (PPAs). From day one, L&T goals for not less than 50% inexperienced power utilization in its new amenities, focusing on 70% as occupancy rises. 

On the infrastructure aspect, L&T is shifting away from the standard monolithic method to a modular structure. At this time, information centres are being constructed as massive, monolithic buildings. Nonetheless, L&T is shifting in direction of modular building that may assist optimise a variety of points inside every module.