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STT Chennai 7 (Siruseri campus)

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

STT Chennai 7 (Siruseri campus) is a data center project in Chennai, India, operated by STT GDC India. It is operational. It is planned for 45 MW of IT load. The operator reports 7.2 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to operational on 12 February 2026.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
45 MW
Running now
7.2 MW
Operator
STT GDC India
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
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, dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Operator describes the 45MW facility 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.

Phases

Phase 1 (Chennai 7) · Operational7.2 MW, target 2026
Full campus · Announced45 MW

Stage history

2024-02-01Under construction · datacenterdynamics.com
2026-02-12Operational · sttgdc.com

Who is behind it

OperatorSTT GDC India · Colocation
Funder, EquityST Telemedia

Who uses the compute

Checked on 2026-10-02. 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.

Money at this site

ArusGrid estimate, building costabout US$254m to US$378m

No figure has been announced. This range is 45 MW of planned IT load times a published benchmark of US$6.64 per watt for Mumbai, plus or minus 15 percent, with 10 percent more at the top for liquid cooling because the project is AI-positioned. 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.

Platform deals that include it

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

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

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 (SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri) · 6 acres · Feb 2026 Reported source ↗
Plot within SIPCOT IT Park; tenure not disclosed
Power supply
Renewable power dealCleanMax (Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions) · 21 MW · Apr 2026 Inferred by ArusGrid source ↗
21 MWp new solar in Tamil Nadu in captive mode; STT GDC India takes 26% equity in the project; cumulative CleanMax-STT partnership >130MW · Release says the PPA powers STT GDC's Chennai data centres without naming sites; capacity is MWp solar, not facility load · Covers the operator's wider portfolio in this country, not this site alone.
Why we think so. Exchange press release by supplier
Grid supplyTANGEDCO · 12 MW · 110kV · Apr 2026 Confirmed source ↗
Total facility power of about 12MW is supplied through 110kV utility lines from nearby TANGEDCO substations. Dual utility sources. A GIS building sits on site. Backup is seven 2,000kW generators (N+2C).
Water and cooling
CoolingAir cooled Confirmed source ↗
Five 430TR air-cooled chillers (N+1) with PAHUs in halls and plant rooms. Designed for 4kW per rack.
CoolingAir cooled Confirmed source ↗
Air-cooled chiller plant of five 430 TR units in N+1 redundancy for phase 1.

Sources

  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)
  4. CleanMax and STT GDC India Scale Renewable Energy Partnership Beyond 130 MW to Power India's Sustainable, AI-Ready Digital Infrastructure (NSE / Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions, 2026-04-01)
  5. STT Chennai 7 Factsheet (STT GDC India, 2026-04-20)
  6. 2026 Indian Data Centre Colocation Company of the Year (Frost & Sullivan (hosted by STT GDC), 2026-07-27)

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