At a glance
- Mumbai 3 will pair conventional air cooling with direct liquid-to-chip cooling and use a closed-loop system intended to reduce water use, according to Data Center Dynamics, which reported the construction start.
- The construction start sits inside a $1.7 billion joint venture the two firms announced in 2024, through which they have committed to develop 250MW across Mumbai and Chennai.
- Colt DCS lists 15 operational data centers and 12 more under development across nine cities in the UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Colt Data Centre Services and RMZ said this week that construction has started on Mumbai 3, a 64MW building at their Navi Mumbai campus, after signing a hyperscale customer.
Once the building is online, the campus's three buildings will total 86MW; at full build-out the Navi Mumbai site could reach 148MW. Mumbai 3 will pair conventional air cooling with direct liquid-to-chip cooling and use a closed-loop system intended to reduce water use, according to Data Center Dynamics, which reported the construction start.
The construction start sits inside a $1.7 billion joint venture the two firms announced in 2024, through which they have committed to develop 250MW across Mumbai and Chennai. The pair are also considering a project in Vizag, according to the report.
Colt DCS lists 15 operational data centers and 12 more under development across nine cities in the UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The company says it has nearly 800MW of capacity under development, a pipeline overseen by CEO Quy Nguyen, named permanent chief executive in August, as this publication reported. Fidelity Investments has owned Colt since 2015.
Navi Mumbai campus: 64MW new building, 148MW at full build-out
Capacity by stage of development (cumulative)
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| Label | Value (MW) |
|---|---|
| Mumbai 3 (on completion) | 64 MW |
| Campus with Mumbai 3 online | 86 MW |
| Campus at full build-out | 148 MW |
Reported by the Data centers & fiber desk from Data Center Dynamics. Published . Corrections