Equinix is expanding its AI ecosystem with the opening of its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Chennai, India, dubbed CN1.
Located in Siruseri on a nearly six-acre plot of land, this new facility will be interconnected with Equinix’s Mumbai campus. The latter consists of three IBX data centers, to support business digitization and resilience, as well as AI development in India.
With an initial investment of $69 million to provide 800 cabinets of capacity, this facility will eventually support 4,250 cabinets. The data center is engineered for a high reliability of 99.999% uptime and features a full suite of Equinix interconnection services, including Equinix Fabric, which enables enterprises to leverage the full benefits of hybrid multicloud services.
India is leveraging technology to drive innovation and economic growth, with a strong focus on becoming a global leader in AI. As part of this vision, the nation is investing heavily in emerging technologies, including AI, quantum computing, blockchain and edge computing.
Equinix currently hosts more than 300 companies in India, including network service providers and five internet exchanges. Its Mumbai campus consists of three high-performance data centers and hosts a robust cloud ecosystem for customers in India, including native on-ramps to key cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
With the launch of CN1, customers in Chennai can expect to gain low-latency access to this key digital ecosystem, enabling seamless and secure connectivity with their business partners, customers and providers.
Manoj Paul, managing director of Equinix in India, said that “global enterprises planning to come closer to their customers in southern India now can leverage Equinix’s IBX facility in Chennai.”
Globally, Equinix operates more than 270 data centers across 77 markets in 36 countries, serving over 10,000 leading businesses and enabling their digital transformation.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Equinix’s portfolio includes more than 60 data centers across key metros in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.
