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HCLTech AI data centre, Khordha (Odisha)

Bhubaneswar (Khordha), Odisha, India · Other India market · location approximate to city level

HCLTech AI data centre, Khordha (Odisha) is a data center project in Bhubaneswar (Khordha), India, operated by HCLTech. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 24 July 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 2 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
Not published
unstated
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
HCLTech
Local developer
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated

Where it sits

Other India holds 2 active projects with 0 MW of planned IT load between them, and HCLTech AI data centre, Khordha (Odisha) has no published figure so it sits outside that ranking. Of those, 2 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Other India, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

It is the only HCL Technologies project ArusGrid tracks. Named funding comes from HCL Technologies on the equity side. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as announced only on 24 July 2026. The money on record is INR 142.57bn (about US$1.7bn) as of September 2026, a government approval ceiling.

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 24 September 2026, and last checked the record on 2 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

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

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Announced as an AI data centre with Sarvam foundation models for sector-specific applications.

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

2026-07-24Announced · hcltech.com

Who is behind it

OperatorHCLTech · Local developer
Funder, EquityHCL Technologies

Who uses the compute

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy. Not yet checked against second-order sources.

Money at this site

Approved by a government investment agency, 2026-09INR 142.57bn (about US$1.7bn)

An approval figure is an incentive ceiling. It often covers a first phase and can exclude land or IT equipment.

The figure covers the whole campus.

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 2026-10-02

  1. HCLTech announces AI Data Center in Bhubaneswar in partnership with Sarvam and Government of Odisha (HCLTech, 2026-07-24)
  2. HCLTech To Invest Rs 142.57 Billion In Odisha AI Data Centre (Construction World, 2026-07-25)
  3. HCLTech announces first AI data centre in partnership with Sarvam in Odisha (Business Standard, 2026-07-24)
  4. Odisha Clears Rs 2.47 Lakh Crore Investment Proposals as Data Centres Lead (Voice and Data, 2026-09-24)

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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 2026-10-02.