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STT GDC expands Chennai data centre capacity; still evaluating strategic options

February 25, 2026
Swapna Subramani

STT GDC India confirmed commissioning of a new data centre in Chennai. ...

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ESR marks India debut with 60MW Navi Mumbai data centre

February 25, 2026
Swapna Subramani

ESR marked its India data centre market entry debut with confirmation of a 60MW data centre developm...

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Blackstone backs Neysa to scale India GPU cloud and AI PaaS

February 24, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Blackstone confirmed it is leading a funding round of over $1b into India-based Neysa, an AI-oriente...

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du invests in SING subsea cable at Kalba

February 20, 2026
Swapna Subramani

UAE operator du has partnered with Cyprus-based Datawave Networks to land and invest in the Singapor...

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Microsoft to launch Saudi Arabia Azure region in 2026; enabling local cloud & AI workloads

February 20, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Microsoft confirmed that its Saudi Arabia East Azure data centre region will be RFS starting in 4Q26...

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NTT Data acquires Zero&One to expand managed cloud capabilities in Middle East

February 17, 2026
Swapna Subramani

NTT Data acquired Zero&One, a managed public cloud, consulting and managed services provider ba...

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Khazna establishes NexOps to consolidate data centre operations

February 17, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Khazna Data Centers launched Khazna NexOps, a new in-house operations organisation aimed at standard...

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India offers 20-year tax break to anchor data centres onshore

February 5, 2026
Swapna Subramani

India has announced a 20-year tax holiday for foreign firms that serve Indian users through locally ...

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Batelco and Qareeb to launch edge data centre in Bahrain

February 4, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Bahrain-based telco Batelco and data centre operator Qareeb confirmed plans to deploy an edge data c...

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HUMAIN secures financing to expand Saudi AI data centre capacity

January 29, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Arabia’s state-backed AI company HUMAIN and the National Infrastructure Fund agreed on a st...

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Iron Mountain breaks ground on 85MW AI-ready data centre in Mumbai

January 28, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Iron Mountain Data Centers started construction on an 85MW hyperscale data centre campus in Mumbai, ...

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Syntys expands Qatar hyperscale footprint with Q Data acquisition

January 27, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Ooredoo’s digital infrastructure unit Syntys acquired Q Data QFZ LLC, incorporating two carrier-ne...

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