Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Amazon Data Services India is set to invest nearly ₹4,000 crore to establish a data center on an 49-acres plot near Taloja. For this, the company has applied to the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for an environmental clearance. In the application made on April 3, the Indian arm of Amazon stated that the area of the plot is 197,692 sq.m (48.85 acres) and has a total built-up construction area of 393,937.97 sq.m available.
Amazon plans to construct six buildings, of which four will be seven-storeyed buildings used as date centres. The other two shorter structures will be for storing water and meeting electrical needs of the data centres. Once operational, the centre will need 473 MW of electricity per day. Reportedly, the company plans to scale up capacity in India to up to 3 Giga Watts (GW).
To prevent the servers from overheating, the centre is likely to have a cooling system that evaporates water to dissipate heat. This is expected to generate 8 kiloliters of mineral rich wastewater which is usually discharged to avoid damaging equipment. Amazon’s plot near Taloja, located in Asode and Burdul villages, was bought in November 2024 from Macrotech Developers for ₹450 crore.
