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STT Chennai Ambattur campus (Chennai 2, 3 and 4)

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

STT Chennai Ambattur campus (Chennai 2, 3 and 4) is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by STT GDC India. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 58 MW of IT load. The operator reports 40 MW running.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
58 MW
Running now
40 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
STT GDC India
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. 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

Operator markets Chennai 4 as AI-ready; no cooling or GPU disclosure.

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

Phases

Chennai 2 and 3 · Operational40 MW
Chennai 4 · Under construction18 MW

Stage history

2024-02-01Operational · datacenterdynamics.com
2026-02-20Expanding · datacenterdynamics.com

Who is behind it

OperatorSTT GDC India · Colocation
Funder, EquityST Telemedia

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Platform deals that include it

STT GDC India Rs 4,200 crore Tamil Nadu MoU
Country programme, 2026-02US$504m

Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.

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 2026-09-27

  1. STT GDC India Strengthens Its Market Presence in Chennai with Multi-Campus Expansion and INR 4,200 Crore Investment Commitment (STT GDC, 2026-02-19)
  2. STT GDC India launches data center in Chennai, targets potential IPO (DCD, 2026-02-20)
  3. STT GDC breaks ground on third Chennai data center campus in India (DCD, 2024-02-01)

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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 2026-09-27.