Data Centre Operations
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Amazon AWS Cloud data centres hit by drone strikes in UAE, Bahrain: Services disrupted
Technology | Mar 24, 2026, 02:01 PM ISTAmazon’s cloud division AWS has confirmed that its data centres in the UAE and Bahrain were damaged due to drone strikes amid ongoing Middle East tensions. The incident has disrupted cloud services and may take time to fully recover.
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Space-based AI data centre: Agnikul Cosmos plans orbital prototype launch by 2026
Technology | Mar 04, 2026, 05:20 PM ISTAgnikul Cosmos will launch a prototype AI data centre in orbit by end-2026, with commercial rollout targeted for 2027. The project, developed with NeevCloud, will use satellite constellations and solar power in low Earth orbit.
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Can AI data centres really work in space? The technical and environmental hurdles
Technology | Feb 05, 2026, 07:39 AM ISTElon Musk wants to build solar-powered AI data centres in space using up to a million satellites, but experts warn of technical, financial and environmental challenges.
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Budget 2026: Tax holiday for cloud and data centre companies till 2047 announced
Technology | Feb 01, 2026, 02:43 PM ISTUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces a tax holiday for cloud services and data centre services companies till 2047 during the Union Budget 2026–27 presentation in Parliament.
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AM Green Group signs MoU with UP government for 1 GW compute data centre, check details
Business | Jan 20, 2026, 04:07 PM ISTThis facility will be designed to meet the requirements of global hyperscalers, frontier labs, enterprises, and India’s sovereign AI initiatives at scale and in a speedy manner using carbon-free energy.
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India's data centre capacity soars past 1.5 GW; Mumbai hosts 53% of total
Technology | Nov 12, 2025, 10:26 PM ISTAccording to the CBRE report, 53 percent of the nation's total capacity is concentrated in Mumbai, the financial capital, fueling concerns about resource-intensive data centres being located so close to major cities.
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Google to build major AI base in Andhra Pradesh with $15 billion investment
Technology | Oct 14, 2025, 12:41 PM ISTThe U.S. tech giant will construct a 1-gigawatt data center campus in the port city of Visakhapatnam, integrating advanced AI infrastructure, large-scale energy sources, and an expanded fiber-optic network.
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India to be world's data capital in five years, says Scindia
Technology | May 29, 2025, 11:22 PM ISTTelecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia spoke at the CII Annual Business Summit 2025. He noted that the telecom subscriber base has increased from 800 million a decade ago to around 1.2 billion.
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Chhattisgarh CM lays foundation stone of India’s first 'AI Data Center Park' in Nava Raipur
chhattisgarh | May 03, 2025, 06:45 PM ISTThe Data Center Park will create thousands of jobs in IT, data analytics, and technical support. Youth from Chhattisgarh will now be able to build careers in technology without needing to migrate to cities like Delhi or Mumbai.
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Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh CM, inaugurates Sifi Data Centre in Greater Noida | Video
Uttar Pradesh | Mar 08, 2025, 04:24 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday also graced the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony of Microsoft’s proposed India Development Centre campus in Noida.
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Meta CEO reveals how unexpected bee-related challenges forced them to pause AI project
Technology | Nov 13, 2024, 08:31 AM ISTMeta's AI project, spearheaded by Mark Zuckerberg, appears to be on hold. The company is exploring alternative options as the original deal was hindered by unexpected challenges.
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Jio's Akash Ambani offers two suggestions to PM Modi during IMC inauguration ceremony
Technology | Oct 15, 2024, 02:59 PM ISTAkash Ambani addressed the inaugural ceremony of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly and India Mobile Congress 2024, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Modi. During his speech, he offered two suggestions to the PM.
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RIL teams up with Brookfield-Digital for data centres, to acquire 33% stake
Business | Jul 25, 2023, 08:34 AM ISTDigital Realty Trust is the biggest supplier of Cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, co-area and interconnection solutions internationally with 300+ data centres across 27 nations.
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It may hit investment in Data centres: Global technology industry body IT on new data law
Business | Dec 27, 2022, 12:35 PM ISTDigital Personal Data Protection bill 2022: Top global technology industry body raised concerns over a government-proposed bill asserting the new law may block investment opportunities in data centres.
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India's data centre industry worth USD 5.6 bn; set to grow further: Report
Business | Aug 30, 2022, 04:48 PM ISTIndia data centre industry: As per the latest Anarock and Binswanger report 'Under the Lens: India's Data Centre Explosion', over 45 data centres spanning about 13 million square feet and 1,015 MW of IT capacity is planned to come up in India by 2025-end on rising demand amid the Covid pandemic.
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Microsoft in talks with Telangana to set up Rs 15,000-crore data centre
Business | Jul 22, 2021, 01:04 PM ISTTelangana Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao kicked off the process of discussions by initiating dialogues with senior management of Microsoft about a few months ago.
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India ranked second most risky for data centre operations
Jun 10, 2013, 05:37 PM ISTPune, June 10: India has been ranked as the second most risk prone location for hosting Data Centre Operations according to the annual ‘Datacenter Risk Index 2013' survey by Cushman & Wakefield in association with