Microsoft Hyderabad Mekaguda campus (HYD01) is a data center project in Mekaguda, India, operated by Microsoft. It is operational. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Latest change on record: moved to operational on 6 August 2026.
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Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.
Hyperscaler self-build announced 2023, region launched 2026 for AI workloads, zero-water cooling.
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.
Azure India South Central region (Hyderabad, three availability zones), live 6 Aug 2026 · as of 2026-08-06
DCD (Jan 2023) names Mekaguda, Shadnagar and Chandanvelly as Microsoft's Hyderabad sites, each supporting about 100MW; Microsoft's own release says the India South Central region went live in Hyderabad with three availability zones. Microsoft does not say which campus is which zone.
Source · Microsoft's newest India datacenter region goes live to power the country's AI economy and enable Frontier Firms (Microsoft Source Asia, 2026-08-06)
Source · Microsoft and AWS to increase data center presence in Telangana (DCD, 2023-01-20)
Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.
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