Larsen & Toubro Vyoma, the digital infrastructure arm of L&T, has marked a milestone in India’s digital evolution with the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for its upcoming 40 MW green, AI-ready data centre at Mahape in Navi Mumbai. This is part of a 100 MW data centre campus planned in the city and signals the commencement of a facility designed to redefine the benchmarks for sustainable, high-performance digital infrastructure in India.

As India’s digital economy experiences unprecedented growth — driven by massive cloud adoption, AI-intensive workloads and stringent data localisation needs — L&T Vyoma is spearheading the development of resilient and scalable infrastructure to meet this demand.

The Navi Mumbai data centre is purpose-built to support Build-to-Suit, Enterprise and NeoCloud workloads, delivering next-generation, high-density computing for AI and mission-critical applications. Equipped with direct-to-chip liquid cooling, the facility enables efficient thermal management for advanced AI workloads while ensuring scalability, resilience and sustainability.

Designed with sustainability at its core, the data centre will drive India’s digital future through low-carbon operations by integrating renewable energy.

Commenting on the announcement, president, whole-time director and chief financial officer (CFO), L&T, said, “Digital infrastructure is the bedrock of national progress. Through L&T Vyoma, we are leveraging our engineering heritage to build a sovereign, sustainable digital ecosystem that ensures India’s growth is powered by world-class, indigenous capabilities. Our new Navi Mumbai facility embodies our vision of ‘Vyoma’, limitless, intelligent and sustainable AI ready digital growth.”

Meanwhile, head – corporate centre, L&T, said, “Navi Mumbai is a strategic hub for India’s digital economy. This groundbreaking sets a new benchmark for AI-ready infrastructure, delivering the demanding performance requirements of Generative AI while remaining firmly anchored in sustainable, low-carbon operations.”