
Chennai
CHN-2 data center
AI-ready Chennai colocation in India. TIA 942 rated 3 compliance, liquid cooling support, opening 2028
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Iron Mountain's CHN-2 data center expands our Chennai campus with 19 MW of next-generation AI-ready infrastructure across 396,075 square feet (36,794 square meters). Opening in 2028 as the second facility on our 4.3-acre Ambattur campus, CHN-2 delivers eight additional data halls engineered with block N+2C redundancy and A/B underground feeds. Located in easy reach of Chennai's city center and approximately 30 minutes from Chennai International Airport, CHN-2 extends Iron Mountain's presence in South India's central industrial and commercial hub, serving a population of 12 million.
- 396,075Square feet (36,794 square meters)
- 19 MWPower capacity
- 2028Phase I opening
- 8Data halls
Why leading enterprises choose our Chennai data center (CHN-2)
CHN-2 data center overview
- Power: 19 MW capacity
- Facility Size: 396,075 square feet (36,794 square meters)
- Campus Size: 779,616 square feet (72,432 square meters) total space on a 4.3-acre secure campus.
- Campus Total Capacity: 42 MW total IT power allocated for phased development (68 MVA main feed)
- Substation: Dedicated 230 kVA GI substation onsite
- Data Halls: 8 x 7,088 sq ft. data halls with A/B underground feeds
- Deployment Options: Colocation cabinets, dedicated cages, custom build-outs, hyperscale suites
- Design: Purpose-built facility with liquid cooling compliance for AI and high-density workloads
- Redundancy: Block N+2C redundancy for maximum uptime
- Opening Timeline: Phased delivery beginning in 2028
- Campus Integration: CHN-2 complements CHN-1 (23.2 MW, 383,540 square feet, opening 2026) with cross-campus connectivity
- Utility: IG / NOVEC / Pre-Action
- Security: 24/7/365 on-site monitoring and professional staffing
- Multi-factor authentication for facility and data center floor access
- 24/7/365 Smart Hands services with rapid response SLA
- Professional migration services and cross connect installations
- Customer offices, conference rooms, and break room facilities
- Loading facilities for equipment delivery and installation
- Secure equipment storage areas
- Comprehensive video surveillance throughout campus
- Service area: Chennai, India, South Asia, and beyond
- Location: Ambattur area, Chennai
- Airport: Approximately 30 minutes from Chennai International Airport
- Positioned in Chennai's established industrial corridor
- Hardware manufacturing and export ecosystem proximity
- Strategic access to Chennai's submarine cable landing infrastructure
- In easy reach of the city center
- Address: Plot No 84, MTH Road, Ambattur Industrial Estate, Ambattur, Chennai – 600 053
Network Infrastructure
- Strategic Position: Chennai serves as India's primary submarine cable landing station
- Submarine Cable Access: Most of India's 17 major subsea connections terminate in Mumbai and Chennai, providing direct access to international bandwidth.
- Carrier-Neutral Facility: All Tier 1 carriers on-site
- Cloud Connectivity: Access to AWS local zones in Chennai and Bangalore, growing cloud provider presence
- Diverse Entry Points: Diverse fiber points of entry with redundant routing
- Dark Fiber: Dark fiber availability for dedicated connections
- Meet-Me Rooms: Redundant meet-me rooms ensuring diverse connectivity paths
- International Connectivity: Low-latency paths to major Asian and global data center markets
Network Services
- Cross Connects: Secure connections to ecosystem of carriers, partners, and customers
- Direct Internet Access/IP Transit: Redundant paths to multiple upstream providers
- Cloud On-Ramps: Low-latency connections to major cloud providers
- Metro Wave: Dedicated optical connectivity to strategic interconnection points
- Peering: Access to major regional peering points
- Virtual Cross Connects/Private Network Transport: Point-to-point connectivity between Iron Mountain data centers
- Carrier and Cloud Neutral: Thriving ecosystem with all major cloud providers, SDNs, CDNs, and IXs
Infrastructure & Operations
- TIA 942 Rated 3: Industry-standard data center infrastructure compliance
- SOC 1, SOC 2: Independent attestation of security and availability controls
- PCI-DSS: Payment card industry data security standard certification
- IGBC Green Data Center: Green building certification (in process)
ISO Certifications
- ISO 27001: Information security management systems
- ISO 50001: Energy management systems
- ISO 14001: Environmental management systems
- ISO 9001: Quality management systems
- ISO 22301: Business continuity management
- ISO 14064: Greenhouse gas accounting and emissions management

