Pi Data Centers Breaks Ground on 23MW Facility in Mumbai, First Phase to Launch in August
April 15, 2026
India's data center market continues its rapid expansion as domestic players scale up to meet surging demand for digital infrastructure. Pi Data Centers, a key homegrown operator, is advancing this growth with a significant new project in the country's premier data center hub.
The company announced on Monday that it is developing a new 23-megawatt data center in Mumbai, a major financial and technology center on India's west coast. The first phase of the facility, offering 3MW of IT capacity, is scheduled to go live in August 2026. Real estate consultancy JLL advised on the lease transaction for the project site.
This development marks a strategic expansion for Pi Data Centers, which is led by CEO Kalyan Muppaneni, who also serves on the board of Indian server manufacturer Exatron. Upon completion, the Mumbai facility will significantly augment the company's national footprint. Pi currently operates a 60MW data center campus in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, and plans to launch a 3MW facility in Hyderabad in October 2026. Its portfolio also includes a listed 3MW site in Kochi.
The new build underscores Mumbai's status as India's leading data center hotspot, a market already hosting major global and regional operators such as Digital Realty (through its STT GDC joint venture), Equinix, NTT, ESR, and Lumina CloudInfra. The entry and expansion of well-capitalized domestic providers like Pi Data Centers intensify competition and investment in a market poised for sustained, long-term growth driven by cloud adoption, data localization norms, and increasing digital consumption.
Source: datacenterdynamics
