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Nxtra by Airtel, the data center subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has announced plans to increase its footprint in tier 2 and tier 3 cities such as Lucknow, Sambalpur, and Ludhiana. Nxtra is aiming to capture a greater share of India’s growing data center market, and Nxtra, as a subsidiary, has the advantage of Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications service provider.
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With the surge in data consumption and as clients want to be in closer proximity to their users, Nxtra is planning to ramp up its investments in these cities over the next one to two years, according to a report by ET Telecom. In addition, consumer-led businesses such as banks and OTT players like to be closer to the customers, and tier-2 and tier-3 cities become attractive locations.
Nxtra would come up with seven Data Centre facilities in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi to double its capacity from the current 200MW to 400MW by 2025. Additionally, Nxtra’s new 85MW data center in Mumbai, which is set to launch later this year, will serve as the landing station for two new subsea cables, namely SEA-ME-WE-6 and 2Africa Pearl.
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In Lucknow, construction has started, and Sambalpur is coming up. Airtel is also looking at Ludhiana and Patna; some of these investments will happen in the coming 1-2 years, the COO was quoted as saying in the report.
