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AirTrunk HYD1 data center

Chandanvelly, Telangana, India · Hyderabad market · location approximate to district level

AirTrunk HYD1 is a data center project in Chandanvelly, India, operated by AirTrunk. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The published capacity figure is 243 MW, and its basis is not stated as IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 5 June 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 3 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
243 MW
unstated
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
AirTrunk
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Sourced

Where it sits

Hyderabad holds 13 active projects with 1,068 MW of planned IT load between them, and AirTrunk HYD1 ranks third by planned capacity. Of those, 5 are operational, 3 are under construction, 2 are at the land and permitting stage and 3 are announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Hyderabad was 23.4% as of June 2025. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.

AirTrunk has 4 others in India and 7 projects elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including AirTrunk MAA1, AirTrunk BOM1 (ex-Lumina Airoli) and AirTrunk BOM3 Mumbai. Named funding comes from Blackstone and CPP Investments on the equity side. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-03, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as announced only on 5 June 2026.

The US export control position for advanced AI chips in India, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 5 June 2026, and last checked the record on 3 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Modern greenfield above 100MW by an AI-focused hyperscale developer, announced inside AirTrunk's US$30bn India AI programme.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Stage history

2026-06-05Announced · airtrunk.com

Who is behind it

OperatorAirTrunk · Colocation
Funder, EquityBlackstone
Funder, EquityCPP Investments

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-03. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 6,800 to INR 8,900 (about USD 81 to 106)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the hyperscale band, which already reflects anchor deals. No usable capex for this site. Electricity unstated in the band. An estimate, never a quote, computed by fixed rules published on the Colo prices page and never counted in any total.

market band, hyperscale (2024-12)INR 6,800 to INR 8,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources checked 2026-10-03

  1. Blackstone-backed AirTrunk plans to invest US$30bn and +5GW in India (AirTrunk, 2026-06-05)
  2. How AirTrunk is Backing India's AI Ambitions With US$30bn (Data Centre Magazine, 2026-06-05)
  3. HYD1 Hyderabad (AirTrunk)
  4. AirTrunk acquires Lumina CloudInfra to enter India with 600MW pipeline (TNW, 2026-04-20)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-10-03.