India, Sept. 20 -- Equinix has opened its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Siruseri, Chennai, extending its footprint in India beyond Mumbai. The data centre is built with an initial investment of USD 69 million in the first phase, with future expansion plans.

The facility currently spans six acres and is designed to serve the demand for digital infrastructure, cloud adoption, and AI-ready computing in southern India. Phase I has been fully deployed, Phase II is structurally complete, and land has been secured for Phase III and Phase IV expansion.

According to Equinix, the facility has fault-tolerant systems designed to deliver 99.99% uptime and will connect directly with the company's three other data centres ...