Synopsis: This article dwells into the expansion of the Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd. in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh for a phase 2 of 500MW. Highlights several aspects of the project, its strategic benefits, and the projected impact on the state’s digital economy.
The Andhra Pradesh government has allocated an extra 25 acres to Sify Infinit Spaces, to build a 500 MW hyperscale data center in Phase 2 of their project in Visakhapatnam. With an investment of ₹15,266 crore, the expansion will further contribute to the growth of the mega campus, reinforce Vizag’s status as an emerging data centre hub, and facilitate the state’s plans to draw in massive investments in technology and cloud.
Published by Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd., the project has a value of ₹15,266 crore and is located in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh. The project is an 850MW hyperscale data center campus project. As per the latest update, Andhra Pradesh has allocated an additional 25 acres for Phase 2 of the project. The project is expected to create approximately 600 direct employment opportunities and thousands of indirect jobs. It is a hyperscale data center designed to serve cloud service providers, AI workloads, enterprise clients, and digital infrastructure.
Location & Connectivity Advantages
- Strategic Location: Data Center will be built at Kapuluppada in Visakhapatnam, one of the fastest growing IT and technology corridors in Andhra Pradesh.
- Global Connectivity: The city has submarine cable landing facilities, which ensure low latency connectivity to the international markets, critical for hyperscale data centres.
- Reliable Infrastructure: The city has a solid power infrastructure, and is increasing its renewable energy generation capacity, and will have infrastructure in place to support large scale data center operations.
- Multi-Modal Connectivity: The project is located near the Visakhapatnam Port, the Visakhapatnam International Airport and the highways, which allows for the efficient transportation of equipment and manpower.
- The rise in IT parks, industrial investments, and government-backed digital projects is making Visakhapatnam a go-to location for cloud, AI, and digital infrastructure projects.
About the 500 MW Hyperscale Data Center
- It is expected to be a hyperscale data centre campus of 500 MW, one of the largest proposed data centre developments in India.
- Sify Infinit Spaces, the data center wing of Sify Technologies is developing it to cater to the growing demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence and enterprise digital services.
- The campus will be developed in phases and expand capacity accordingly to meet market demand to ensure scalability of infrastructure.
- The facility will be used by hyperscalers, cloud service providers, OTTs, BFSIs, enterprises and applications powered by AI once it’s operational.
- The project features advanced power, cooling, security and network infrastructure that will deliver high availability, energy efficiency and reliable digital services to both domestic and global customers.
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Impact on Andhra Pradesh
- The Sify campus with its planned investment of ₹15,266 crore, is one of the largest planned private digital infrastructure investments in Andhra Pradesh and one of the largest hyperscale data center projects in India.
- The project will create approximately 600 direct jobs and will also create a much greater range of indirect employment opportunities in construction, power, telecom, facility management, logistics and support services, according to the project proposal.
- The investment also supports Andhra Pradesh’s broader initiative to bring in ₹19,000 crore of investments for IT and digital infrastructure in the city through various projects, further solidifying its standing as an emerging technology hub.
- In addition to job creation, the project will draw in hyperscale cloud service providers, AI firms and international organizations, helping Visakhapatnam to become a major data center hub on the east coast of India and further strengthening Andhra Pradesh’s bid to become India’s top data center hub.
Conclusion
The new 25-acre allotment takes the total land area for Sify’s ₹15,266 crore, 500 MW hyperscale data centre project, at Visakhapatnam, to 375 acres and makes the city the next major data centre hub while also furthering Andhra Pradesh’s digital infrastructure goals.
