NEWSLETTER January - February, 2026
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Despite tariffs, India is deeply critical for Google, says Google India’s Country Manager and Vice President, Preeti Lobana. The tech giant's landmark $15-billion data centre investment in Visakhapatnam and its push to build local AI models incorporating Indic languages and cultural contexts despite global politico-economic tensions is an encouraging sign for the sector. This, and more on how Google plans to ‘do good for India on systemic challenges’ with regard to AI, make this story an interesting read.

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India’s data centre boom is at a stage where it must prioritise efficiency over expansion. As capacity scales rapidly, optimising white space and grey space will be critical to both profitability and sustainability. With rising land, power, and water constraints, smarter design choices around rack density, cooling architecture, modularity, and power utilisation will determine which facilities remain competitive in the long term. In this article for TechCircle, Sanjay Motwani, Vice President, APAC, Data Centre – White Space at Legrand Data Centre Solutions, shares key areas of DCIM which will be vital as the industry shifts from a build phase to an optimisation phase.

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Space - the final frontier. Even for data centers. A startup bets that the future of AI computing doesn't belong on our crowded, power-starved planet, but floating above it, cooled by the vacuum of space itself. While we have been struggling to keep data centers cool on Earth, StarCloud launched the world's first Nvidia H100 GPU into orbit. This is no longer science fiction – watch this video to go into the workspaces of StarCloud to see how they went from a ‘crazy idea’ to making aerospace history in just 18 months.
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India’s Data Centre Market in a New Era report from CBRE offers one of the most authoritative snapshots of the country’s digital infrastructure trajectory in 2025. It highlights that India’s data centre capacity , with 260 MW of new supply added in 2025, is a clear signal that demand from hyperscalers, cloud providers, and enterprise users remains robust. The report shows that nearly 90% of capacity remains concentrated in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, and Bengaluru, where connectivity, fibre networks, and policy support are strongest, but also notes a new growth cycle emerging in Tier-II cities.

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Legrand’s Raritan Intelligent Rack PDUs are designed to address emerging power quality challenges in modern data centers.With advanced monitoring, harmonic distortion detection, and circuit breaker forensics, they ensure reliable power at higher rack densities. This enables improved efficiency, maximum uptime, and compliance with evolving data center requirements.
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Keor FLEX is a high-efficiency modular uninterruptible power supply (UPS) designed for high-density data centers, featuring a modular, hot-swappable architecture that enables seamless growth with zero downtime, ensuring continuity of services for mission-critical operations. Delivering market-leading 98.5% efficiency in double conversion mode, Keor FLEX reduces energy consumption, cooling costs, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Its scalable design—supporting up to 1.2 MW in a single frame and expandable to 4.8 MW—makes it the ideal solution for colocation, hyperscale, AI, edge computing, and smart-grid ready installations.

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