Equinix launches first AI-ready data center in Chennai

Equinix, Inc., the world’s digital infrastructure company, has opened its first AI-ready International Business Exchange data center in Chennai. Known as CN1, the state-of-the-art facility marks a significant milestone in India’s digital journey, designed to fuel innovation, strengthen resilience, and support the country’s ambitions of becoming a global leader in AI.

A New Digital Hub for South India

Located on a nearly six-acre plot in Siruseri, CN1 will be interconnected with Equinix’s three existing data centers in Mumbai, creating a powerful digital backbone for enterprises and service providers. With an initial investment of $69 million, the first phase delivers 800 cabinets of capacity, with plans to scale to 4,250 cabinets.

The facility boasts 99.999% uptime reliability, a suite of interconnection services via Equinix Fabric®, and readiness for liquid cooling technology—a critical requirement for managing high-density, compute-intensive AI workloads. Its strategic location near submarine ...