Equinix opens AI-ready CN1 IBX data center in Chennai

Equinix has opened its first IBX data center in Chennai (CN1) on 2025-09-19 with an initial investment of US$69 million. CN1 is located on SIPCOT land in Siruseri, Tamil Nadu and is interconnected with Equinix’s Mumbai campus.

• Main announcement & project details: CN1 opened with an initial US$69M investment, providing 800 cabinets in phase one and planned capacity of 4,250 cabinets when fully built; the four-story site sits on nearly six acres in Siruseri (~28 km from Chennai CBD) and is positioned near anticipated submarine cable landing sites. CN1 is AI-ready, engineered for 99.999% uptime, supports liquid cooling for high-density compute, and offers Equinix interconnection services including Equinix Fabric and Equinix Fabric Cloud Router to enable hybrid multicloud connectivity to providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
• Background & supporting facts: Equinix operates more than 270 data centers across 77 markets in 36 countries, serves over 10,000 customers, and reported 96% renewables coverage in 2024 across global operations (including India); Equinix’s Asia-Pacific portfolio includes more than 60 data centers across key metros referenced in the release (Australia, China*, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore).