VISAKHAPATNAM – Sify Technologies plans to spend about ₹1,500 crore to build a 50 MW AI-powered edge data centre and open cable landing station (CLS) in Visakhapatnam, aligning with the Andhra Pradesh government’s push to boost digital infrastructure on India’s east coast.
The foundation stone was laid by Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh’s Minister for IT, Electronics and Communications. The project will be developed by Sify Infinit Spaces Limited (a subsidiary of Sify), on 3.6 acres of state-allotted land, and is expected to generate over 1,000 jobs during construction and operations.
The facility will be interconnected via the state’s Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) infrastructure and linked to at least two fibre networks, the company said.
Officials said the CLS component will position Visakhapatnam as a strategic submarine cable landing point connecting India to Southeast Asia, including nations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Thailand.
Sify ambitions in India’s data economy
While the Visakhapatnam project is described as the company’s first in the state, it is not Sify’s first foray into AI-enabled and infrastructure-heavy data centre work.
Earlier in 2025, Sify inaugurated a 130 MW AI-ready campus in Chennai (Siruseri, Tamil Nadu), which includes an on-site cable landing station. That facility is claimed to be India’s only data centre with a direct CLS integration on site.
The Chennai campus is being scaled in phases and is expected to play host to AI workloads, enterprise demand and hyperscale clients.
In northern India, Sify has also launched an “AI-Hub” data centre in Lucknow, intended to serve enterprise clients in the region and reduce latency via edge caching. The company said this aligns with its broader investment strategy in India’s growing AI infrastructure demand.
In public disclosures, Sify has announced plans to invest $5 billion over multiple years in expanding its data centre footprint and integrating AI operations across India.
Moreover, Sify’s Chennai and Noida facilities recently achieved NVIDIA DGX-Ready certification, validating their readiness to host high-density AI workloads with liquid cooling.
The company has also introduced pay-per-use colocation pricing for its NVIDIA-certified AI-ready campuses, aiming to make specialised infrastructure accessible to more enterprises.
Pitting east coast ambition against competition
The Visakhapatnam project comes at a moment when Andhra Pradesh is attracting major data centre investments. In July 2025, Google announced plans to invest US$ 6 billion in a 1 GW data centre in the same state, with part of the spending earmarked for renewable energy infrastructure.
That deal is seen as the largest single data centre investment in Asia so far.
Sify’s move into a high-investment edge/CLS project along India’s eastern coast signals its desire to compete not just locally but in cross-border connectivity and AI infrastructure, rather than limiting itself to traditional colocation or cloud services.
