New Delhi, April 13 -- Hyderabad-headquartered Pi Data Centers on Monday said it will launch a 3 MW data centre in Mumbai in August 2026, marking its entry into India's largest data centre market, as it lines up a broader 23 MW expansion across locations.
The company has partnered JLL as transaction advisor for its first Mumbai facility and as a consultant for its planned capacity build-out spanning hyperscale, colocation and cloud infrastructure.
The Mumbai facility, located in the central part of the city, will be rolled out in phases, with 3 MW going live in the first phase. It is designed to support enterprise and hyperscale demand, including artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.
Pi Data Centers currently operates a 60 MW hyperscale campus in Amaravati and is setting up an additional 3 MW facility in Hyderabad, expected to be operational by October 2026.
The company's expansion comes amid sustained growth in India's data centre sector, driven by cloud adoption, data localisation requirements and increasing use of AI-led applications.
According to JLL, India's data centre industry has grown at a compound annual growth rate of about 24% since 2020, with demand led by sectors such as BFSI, e-commerce, technology and media. The consultancy added that AI workloads and hyperscale demand are expected to support further capacity addition.
Globally, JLL estimates that about 100 GW of new data centre capacity will be added between 2026 and 2030, implying a doubling of current capacity, with the sector projected to grow at a 14% CAGR.
Pi's Mumbai entry follows a series of announcements by data centre operators expanding capacity across key markets.
Yotta Data Services has been scaling its Navi Mumbai data centre park and announced plans to expand capacity to over 1 GW in phases, targeting hyperscale and AI workloads.
AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, is developing multiple data centre parks across cities including Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad, with a long-term target of building several Gigawatts of capacity.
CtrlS Datacenters continues to expand its footprint in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, focusing on hyperscale and enterprise colocation facilities.
NTT Data has also been adding capacity in Mumbai and other metros as part of its India expansion strategy.
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC India) is expanding across multiple cities, including Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru, backed by rising demand from enterprises and hyperscalers.
Mumbai remains the largest data centre hub in India due to its connectivity infrastructure, including subsea cable landing stations, and proximity to financial services firms.
Industry executives said capacity additions are increasingly planned with higher power densities to support AI workloads, which require more compute and energy than traditional enterprise applications.
The next phase of growth is expected to depend on power availability, land access and faster approvals, even as operators continue to announce large-scale capacity expansion plans across the country.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from TechCircle.