Amazon Data Services India has proposed to construct two data centres in Telangana with an estimated investment of Rs 11,624 crore.
The company has submitted its application to the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and is awaiting legal and environment clearances. As per the application submitted to the State Environment Impact Assessment Council (SEAC), the total cost of the project for two centres is envisaged to be around Rs 5,821 crore and Rs 5,803 crore respectively.
The project will be developed in three phases and the power requirement will be sourced from grid supply of Telangana Central Power Distribution Company. The proposed project will generate around one tpa of e-waste which will be segregated and disposed or sold to authorised vendor or recycler.
One of the proposed centres is expected to be located in Chandanvelly industrial area of the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) and the other centre is being proposed on over 48 acre in Meerkhanpet village under Kandukur mandal in Rangareddy district.
The company launched a three million sq ft campus on 9.5 acre in 2019 in Hyderabad. It was the first company-owned office building outside the US and the single largest building globally. The built-up area at the campus includes 1.8 million sq ft of office space with a capacity to seat over 15,000 people.