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AdaniConneX Chennai 1 data center

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · Chennai market · location approximate to district level

AdaniConneX Chennai 1 is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by AdaniConneX. It is operational. It is planned for 33 MW of IT load. The operator reports 17 MW running.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 4 November 2022.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
33 MW
Running now
17 MW
Operator
AdaniConneX
Joint venture
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How India approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in India.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: named funder, disclosed client (confirmed), dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

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.

Phases

Phase 1 · Operational17 MW, target 2022
Growth pipeline per Q1 FY27 deck · Announced33 MW

Stage history

2022-11-04Operational · adaniconnex.com

Who is behind it

OperatorAdaniConneX · Joint venture
Funder, Joint venture partnerAdani Enterprises
Funder, Joint venture partnerEdgeConneX

Who uses the compute

TenantOneQode · confirmed

14MW of data centre capacity at Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai, for AI training and inference. OneQode and AdaniConneX are discussing more capacity of up to 114MW in India. · as of 2026-10-28

The OneQode release names AdaniConneX capacity at Siruseri SIPCOT, Chennai, but not the building. Chennai 1 (site ACXMAA01 at Kazhipathur, next to SIPCOT IT Park Siruseri) is the AdaniConneX Chennai campus at that location, so the link to this row is ours. OneQode is a GPU cloud operator, not a hyperscaler.

Source · OneQode Signs 14 MW AI Capacity Agreement with AdaniConneX, with a Path to 114 MW (OneQode (PR Newswire via Kyodo News PRWire), 2026-10-28)

Money at this site

ArusGrid estimate, building costabout US$186m to US$252m

No figure has been announced. This range is 33 MW of planned IT load times a published benchmark of US$6.64 per watt for Mumbai, plus or minus 15 percent. It covers the building and its mechanical and electrical plant. It excludes land, grid works, servers and fees.

Benchmark: Turner & Townsend Data Centre Construction Cost Index 2025, as reported by Data Storage Asia. An estimate is never added to any total on the site.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

ArusGrid estimate, grade CINR 7,650 to INR 11,900 (about USD 91 to 142)

ArusGrid estimate, grade C. Published band for this country. Priced on the wholesale band. 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, wholesale (2024-12)INR 7,650 to INR 11,900 Cushman & Wakefield for Sify Infinit Spaces, 2025-10-16
Land
Industrial estateSIPCOT IT Park (per press) · 5 acres · Dec 2021 Reported source ↗
W.Media and Capacity both place Chennai 1 in 'SIPCOT IT Park'; row city says Ambattur - location needs reconciling
Power supply
Power allocation or planNov 2022 Reported source ↗
Up to 100 percent renewable · Powered with up to 100 percent renewable energy. The purchase route is not stated. · Applies to the whole campus.
Dedicated substationAdaniConneX on-site gas insulated substation (grid utility not named) · 50 MVA · 110kV · Aug 2024 Confirmed source ↗
On-site 110kV/11kV 50 MVA GIS substation connected to two different power sources, with transformers in N+N configuration.
Water and cooling
CoolingAir cooled Confirmed source ↗
Fault-tolerant 4-pipe air-cooled chilled water system with quick start chillers, thermal storage tanks for continuous cooling and N+1 CRACs in separate suites.

Sources

  1. AdaniConneX Announces the Opening of its Flagship Data Center Campus in Chennai, India (AdaniConneX, 2022-11-04)
  2. AdaniConneX Data Centers (AdaniConneX, 2026-09-27)
  3. Adani Enterprises Investor Presentation Q1 FY27 (Adani Enterprises, 2026-08-01)
  4. AdaniConneX announces opening of Chennai 1 hyperscale data centre campus (Indian Infrastructure, 2022-11-12)
  5. AdaniConneX to launch Chennai's largest hyperscale DC facility by June 2022 (W.Media, 2021-12-02)
  6. AdaniConneX Seals the Largest Data Center Financing Deal in India with a USD 213 Mn Construction Financing Facility (EdgeConneX, 2023-06-23)
  7. Chennai Data Sheet (EdgeConneX, 2024-08-26)
  8. Adani Enterprises Ltd Q2 FY27 investor presentation (Adani Enterprises Ltd (BSE filing), 2026-10-28)
  9. OneQode Signs 14 MW AI Capacity Agreement with AdaniConneX, with a Path to 114 MW (OneQode (PR Newswire via Kyodo News PRWire), 2026-10-28)

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