Yotta Launches North India’s First Hyperscale Data Center in Greater Noida

Yotta Infrastructure has launched North India’s first hyper-scale data center, Yotta D1, at its Greater Noida Data Center Park. The data center was inaugurated by Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State, Electronics & IT and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

Yotta D1, the first of 6 data center buildings in the Greater Noida data center park, has been set up with an investment of around Rs. 1,500 crore and has been made operational in a record time of 20 months. Once fully operational, the data center will see an additional investment of Rs. 5,000 crore in IT equipment. The company is looking at 12-13 percent of RoI on the investments to be made in the project. The company also shared massive footprint expansion plans across the country and abroad.

The Yotta Greater Noida Data Center Park is strategically located near the key business hubs of Delhi NCR, thus providing an impetus to the region’s digital economy. The data center spans 300,000 sq. ft., across the ground plus 7-floors, and offers an IT load capacity of 28.8 MW. Yotta D1 can house 5000 racks across seven server floors and offers fail-safe, 48-hours power backup on full load.

Spread across 20 acres, the Yotta Greater Noida Data Center Park will offer a total capacity of 30,000 racks, 4 dedicated fiber paths, and an IT power capacity of 160 MW. In addition, the foundation stone laying ceremony of the next two data center buildings – Yotta D2 & D3, was also performed during the launch ceremony.

Yotta also entered into an MoU with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to invest Rs. 39,000 crore in a phased manner over 5 to 7 years. This investment will go towards constructing the data center campus and procuring IT equipment and other hardware by Yotta and its customers.

Commenting on the launch, Darshan Hiranandani, Co-founder & Chairman, Yotta Infrastructure, said, “India is poised to create up to $1 trillion of economic value from the digital economy by 2025. Recognizing the region’s potential and underserved data center demand in northern India, Yotta has made continued investments in setting up the Greater Noida data center park, laying a robust foundation for the Digital India growth story.”

“We see the potential for high-quality data centers in India’s infrastructure development, and we have doubled down on our pan-India investment plans to the tune of Rs. 30,000 crore. Yotta remains committed to playing its role in the Digital India mission by building world-class data centers and supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025,” he added.

The launch of Yotta D1 follows the roll-out of 5G, which is expected to stir a data-led disruption that will demand a strong network and connectivity fabric, and edge data infrastructure. With its highly scalable infrastructure and dense connectivity to domestic and global networks, Yotta D1 will effectively cater to the emerging needs of these sectors.

The company has aggressive plans to launch seven hyper-scale data centers over the next three years. It is launching a data center in GIFT city Gujarat in 2023; Orragadam DC Park Chennai and Dhaka DC Park Bangladesh in 2024; and Uttarpara DC Park Kolkata, Darumbare DC Park Pune, Thane Belapur TB2 and Mumbai Powai DC Park in 2025.