The Web Werks – Iron Mountain Data Centers (IMDC) joint venture (JV) has announced the acquisition of a parcel of land to expand its data centre campus with a third facility – MUM-3 – in Rabale, Navi Mumbai.
MUM-3 will be a Tier III-designed data centre, that can support 32 megawatts of IT load and has a projected go-live date of H2 2025. With the expansion, the data centre campus also received approvals for an additional power substation with 120 MVA of capacity.
The new MUM-3 data centre will be located close to the highly interconnected carrier hotel MUM-1 and the recently opened MUM-2 facility, which is a standalone purpose-built greenfield data centre with 6 megawatts of IT load. Combined, the extended data centre campus will allow customers to take advantage of additional, in-demand megawatt capacity. The development of the facility will build on an already interconnected ecosystem comprising Tier-1 carriers, more than 200 internet service providers and three of India’s largest peering exchanges, along with cloud on-ramps with major hyperscale cloud providers.
Commenting on the development, Mark Kidd, executive vice president and global general manager, Data Centers and Asset Lifestyle Management, Iron Mountain, said,“We are excited to be growing our data centre campus in Mumbai at pace and scale by securing land to build our third facility in one of India’s most important data hubs. This investment reflects our commitment to build highly connected, secure and compliant data centres in India to serve our hyperscale, network, content and enterprise customers.”
Meanwhile, Nikhil Rathi, chief executive officer, Web Werks, said, “We have strategic priorities looking ahead to the rest of the year. We are launching new data centres in key Indian cities and have signed multiple memorandums of understanding (MoU)’s with the Karnataka and Telangana government to set up data centres in Bangalore and Hyderabad, positioning us as market leaders in colocation solutions for hyperscalers and enterprise customers. We are also raising the standards of solutions with advanced hosting infrastructure, cloud-on ramp, network and security.”
