Tamil Nadu: L&T To Set Up 90 MW Capacity Data Centres At Kanchipuram

Indian multinational conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government to establish a data centre at state's Kanchipuram.

The MoU was signed at Coimbatore by L&T Data Center Business Head Sudhir Mahajan and Pooja Kulkarni, CEO of the Guidance, which is Tamil Nadu's nodal agency for investment promotion and single window facilitation.

L&T will establish 90 MW capacity Data Centres and associated units in a phased manner in Kanchipuram over the next five years.

The Tamil Nadu government will provide uninterrupted power supply and other infrastructure support on a best-effort basis that will bring tangible economic and social benefits to the people of the state.

Commenting on this occasion, L&T MD and CEO S N Subrahmanyan said, “Tamil Nadu is on a growth trajectory, and we are delighted to partner with the Government of Tamil Nadu to propel this growth by building a data centre that will further trigger development by attracting investments and generating jobs for the people of Kanchipuram".

L&T will be establishing hyperscale Data Centres at Kanchipuram to provide comprehensive solutions and end to end data center services, with multi-cloud managed and cyber security services, digital transformation integration services and application integration services, the company said in a release.