🖥️ CM Vijay and Singapore Deputy PM Open CapitaLand Data Centre in Chennai

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Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong jointly inaugurated CapitaLand Data Centre Chennai 01 at Ambattur, Chennai, on Thursday, October 15, 2026.

It is the Singapore group’s first data centre in Chennai, and the latest step in a 22-year relationship that began in 2004 with the International Tech Park at Taramani.

The Facility

• Investment of about ₹1,940 crore (about US$203 million), funded by CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) and the CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund.
• 53 MW gross power when complete by the end of 2026, with 34 MW of IT power across 13 data halls and its own 110 kV substation. Reports said a planned capacity of 46 MW and about 4,900 server racks in a seven-storey building.
• Built on a four-acre site close to Chennai’s undersea cable landing stations, carrier-neutral, and designed for high-density and liquid-cooled servers used for artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
• Energy-saving design: high-efficiency chillers, water economisation, intelligent energy management and rooftop solar.

The Ceremony

The two leaders planted a tree and took part in a pineapple-rolling ritual — a Singaporean custom to welcome prosperity — set to nadaswaram music. Singapore’s High Commissioner to India Simon Wong called it “a ceremony combining the best of Singapore and India”. Vijay and Gan then toured the facility, and people lined the roads in Ambattur to greet the Chief Minister.

What Was Said

• Industries Minister S. Keerthana: Tamil Nadu “would welcome Singapore companies to invest in emerging sectors such as semiconductors”. She linked the project to the Chief Minister’s goal of a US$1.5 trillion economy by 2036, built on digital infrastructure and semiconductors.
• CLINT chief executive Gowrishankar Nagabooshanam said the group, which began with tech parks in Tamil Nadu, has “now expanded its footprint into digital infrastructure”.
• Simon Wong described Singapore as “the largest foreign investor in TN” and said it looks forward to building on that foundation.

Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar, Singapore’s Consul General William Chik and officials of Guidance Tamil Nadu and Enterprise Singapore also attended.

CapitaLand in Tamil Nadu

CapitaLand Investment has put more than ₹6,000 crore into Tamil Nadu across seven operating assets over 22 years, and said it plans to grow its data centre, logistics and industrial business in the state. The project grew out of an agreement signed at the 2024 Global Investors Meet.

Why It Matters

Data centres are the factories of the AI age. A large, power-secure facility next to Chennai’s cable landing stations strengthens the city’s position as India’s second data-centre hub, and on the same day the government launched a semiconductor incentive scheme — showing a clear push to win high-technology investment for Tamil Nadu.

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