Sify Technologies sets up Rs 1,882 crore data centre campus near Chennai

The 130 MW AI-ready data centre campus has come up at SIPCOT Industrial Park in Siruseri; it will create direct job opportunities for about 1,000 people

Chennai: Tami Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday inaugurated a data centre campus established by Sify in nearby Siruseri.

The facility, set up over an investment of Rs 1,882 crore at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Siruseri, will create direct job opportunities for about 1,000 people, an official release here said. This will be a 130 MW AI-ready data centre campus.

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According to the release, Sify Technologies offers, among others, integrated internet solutions and communication services, data centre infrastructure.

“Chief Minister Stalin inaugurated the ultra-modern data centre. The company has said it has plans to invest about Rs 13,000 crore in Chennai by 2027,” the release said.

The pact for this initiative was signed during the Global Investors Meet held here in January 2024. The Tamil Nadu government led by CM Stalin was keen to ensure more job opportunities and also make the State a $1 trillion economy by 2030 and was, therefore, initiating many steps to achieve the goals.

As part of this, Stalin had released the “visionary” Tamil Nadu Data Center Policy in 2021, brought out with the aim to make the State a favoured destination among investors in the data centre sector, it said.

Tamil Nadu has also been making rapid strides in economic growth under the DMK government and the State clocked the decade-best growth rate of 9.69 per cent in the year 2024-25, the release added. Industries Minister TRB Rajaa was present during the inauguration of the data centre.