Yotta Infra Pledges Rs 39,000 Cr Investment for Uttar Pradesh Data Centers

As per a senior official at Yotta Infrastructure, a leading data center firm, the company has revealed plans to invest Rs 39,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh over the next 5-7 years.

Under a memorandum of agreement signed with the Uttar Pradesh government, the Hiranandani Group's firm has pledged to invest the specified amount.

At the Yotta D1 data center's launch event, Darshan Hiranandani, Co-founder and Chairman of Yotta Infrastructure, informed reporters that the investments would be allocated for building the data center campus, acquiring IT equipment, and other hardware, serving the requirements of both Yotta and its clients.

"We will see investment of Rs 39,000 crore in and around this campus. The first building has already been completed... We have started work for two other buildings which will be completed in 12-15 months. We will put up one building every 18 month," Darshan Hiranandani said.

The allocated funds for Yotta D1 are encompassed within the committed investment.

Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO of Yotta Infrastructure, stated that each data center's cost would be Rs 6,500 crore, and the committed investment would cover the construction of six such centers. He further noted that work on D2 and DE has already begun and is expected to finish within 12-15 months.

The investment of approximately Rs 1,500 crore has been made by the company to establish the Yotta D1 hyperscale data center within its Greater Noida Data Center Park.

Additionally, the launch ceremony included the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the forthcoming two data center structures, known as Yotta D2 and D3.

The company plans to dedicate an additional Rs 5,000 crores specifically for IT equipment for Yotta D1.

Yotta D1 is equipped to accommodate 5,000 racks spread over seven server floors, providing fail-safe, 48-hour power backup even when operating at full load.

Spanning across 20 acres, the Yotta Greater Noida Data Center Park will provide a collective capacity of 30,000 racks, in addition to four dedicated fiber paths and an IT power capacity of 160 megawatts.