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Chennai data centers

Our Chennai data center campus, located in Ambattur area, will provide 42 MW of power, with the first 23 MW expected at CHN-1 in 2026.

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Why choose our Chennai data centers (CHN-1 & CHN-2)?

Situated on a highly secure 4.3 acre site, our Chennai data center campus is located in the Ambattur area, in easy reach of the city center and about an hour from Chennai International Airport. With a phased roll-out targeting 2026 for CHN-1 and 2028 for CHN-2, the campus will offer customers a total of 42 MW of power. Two data centers with 8 data halls each will provide nearly 800,000 ft² of AI-ready space, with on-site access to Tier 1 carriers and other connectivity and service providers.

4.3 acre secure site
23.2 MW at CHN-1, 19 MW at CHN-2
800,000 ft² planned campus-wide

CHN-1: Plot No 83, MTH Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053 | CHN-2: Plot No 84, MTH Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053

On-site Access
To all Tier 1 carriers
One of India's
Largest exporting hubs in Chennai
2026-2028
Phased completion for campus
AI-ready
IT infrastructure at scale

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Chennai data centers overview

At a glance

23.2 MW & 383,540 ft² at CHN-1
19 MW & 396,075 ft² at CHN-2
16 Data halls
CHN-1 target live date: 2026
CHN-2 target live date: 2028
Block N+2C redundancy
A/B underground feeds

Campus

Ambattur, Chennai
4.3 acre secure site
2 data centers
779,616 ft² total space
42 MW+
Onsite 230 kVA GI substation

Ecosystems

Carrier-neutral, with all Tier 1 carriers on-site
Cloud neutral
Metro Wave connectivity
Dark Fiber
Redundant MMRs
Diverse fiber PoEs

Compliance

TIA 942 Rated 3
Liquid Cooling compliant
IGBC Green Data Center (in process)
SOC 1, SOC 2
PCI-DSS
ISO 9001, 14001, 22301, 27001, 50001, 14064

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Our Chennai, India data center & colocation services

We provide a full range of certified monitoring, migration and engineering services at all of our facilities worldwide. If you need detailed NOC reporting, a user-friendly customer portal, or full-scale builds and migrations, we can provide a one-off, ongoing or global solution.

Compliance

Trusted by some of the world’s most highly-regulated organizations, Iron Mountain is an industry leader in compliance. Reduce data center risk with our comprehensive compliance support including HIPAA, FISMA High, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2/3.

Security

We are the trusted guardian for more than 230,000 customers including more than 90% of the Fortune 1000. Both aboveground and underground, our highly secure data centers have enhanced physical and digital security layers.

Smart Hands

At every Iron Mountain data center, we offer a full portfolio of remote smart hands services, covering rack and stack services, builds and installs, hardware, power and connectivity as well as general hands-on maintenance tasks.

NOC and Portal

Our Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) is your central point for customer communication and advocacy. Leverage our data center portal for ticketing, power & cooling audits, access logs, bandwidth reports and more.

Network Connectivity

With Iron Mountain’s carrier-neutral networking and data center interconnect services, we’ll get you where you need to be. We offer a wide range of services including cross connects, virtual cross connects, direct internet access, metro waves, peering and internet exchanges as well as Cloud On-Ramp.

Sustainability

We are firm in our commitment to renewable energy and sustainable data centers. Our facilities are matched by 100% renewable energy, and our customers can take credit for the green energy that Iron Mountain buys on their own sustainability reporting with Green Power Pass.

Iron Mountain's CHN data centers

Proven track record

Iron Mountain is the trusted guardian for more than 230,000 customers including more than 90% of the Fortune 1000. The world’s most heavily regulated organizations have trusted us with their data for decades.

Global efficiency

Energize your digital transformation at our Chennai data centers via our cloud, network and IT service ecosystems. Enjoy remote data center management, unbeatable operational efficiency and seamless global scale and standards.

Hyperscale-ready

Iron Mountain Data Centers facilities have been designed to scale to accommodate exacting, wholesale requirements of hyperscale cloud providers, government organizations, and global enterprises.

Grow as you go

Rather than relying on legacy infrastructure, your business can deploy data center capacity just like the cloud - as and when you need it. At our Chennai colocation facilities, choose from cabinets, cages, and suites, and adapt and scale as you go.

With Iron Mountain, we have a highly available, redundant computing environment for the cloud … that helps us meet customer demand today and allows us to expand quickly to support business growth tomorrow

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Secure data center compliance across the globe

Iron Mountain is an industry leader in global data center compliance and trusted by some of the world's most regulated organizations. Our customers receive the same level of service at each of our global data centers, leveraging our comprehensive compliance support to reduce data center risk, including HIPAA, FISMA High, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 50001, SOC2/3, and more.

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