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In a large boost to the State government’s integer initiatives, Andhra Pradesh Minister of Information Technology Nara Lokesh laid the instauration chromatic for Visakhapatnam’s archetypal 50-MW AI-powered Edge Data Center and Open Cable Landing Station (CLS) to beryllium established by Sify Infinit Spaces Limited, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Sify Technologies, astatine Rushikonda connected October 12, 2025 (Sunday).
Sify volition found the information centre connected 3.6 acres of onshore allocated by the authorities to enactment AI-driven enterprises and integer infrastructure. It volition beryllium interconnected via the Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) substation and connected by astatine slightest 2 fibre networks.
The ₹1,500-crore task volition beryllium acceptable up successful 2 phases.
The CLS installation volition fortify India’s integer backbone by enabling seamless undersea cablegram connectivity and scalable AI compute capacity. By bringing low-latency information processing person to users successful India and crossed the region, the CLS volition service arsenic a strategical landing constituent for submarine cables, connecting India with the South-East Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and Thailand.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Lokesh said that Visakhapatnam was fast-emerging arsenic India’s planetary integer gateway connected the eastbound seaboard. “Sify’s world-class infrastructure volition not lone fortify our State’s presumption successful the planetary exertion representation but besides catalyse caller opportunities successful innovation, employment, and investment,” the Minister said.
“This is conscionable the archetypal step, and approvals for a mega information halfway are already successful place. This marks a defining infinitesimal successful Andhra Pradesh’s integer travel and India’s way towards technological self-reliance,” Mr. Lokesh said.
Sify Chairman Raju Vegesna said, “We are arrogant to alteration Visakhapatnam’s translation into a cardinal hub for planetary connectivity and integer infrastructure. This inaugural is conscionable the opening of our semipermanent committedness to strengthening India’s integer system and advancing AI-led innovation astatine scale.”
“Sify Infinit Spaces is Sify Technologies’ subsidiary, specifically catering to the co-location demands of hyperscalers, enterprises, and neo-Cloud prospects. Currently, the portfolio hosts 14 information centers crossed six cities,” helium added.
