Pi Data Centres to open first Mumbai site with JLL

Pi Data Centres has partnered with JLL on a 23MW expansion plan in India, including its first facility in Mumbai. The 3MW site in Central Mumbai is scheduled to go live in August 2026.

JLL acted as exclusive adviser on the lease transaction for the Mumbai site and is also advising on the broader rollout of hyperscale, colocation, and cloud data centre capacity. The project marks Pi's entry into Central Mumbai, a key digital infrastructure market and one of India's main financial centres.

The Mumbai launch is Phase I of Pi's planned 23MW expansion. The company already operates 60MW of hyperscale capacity in Amaravati and plans to launch another 3MW facility in Hyderabad in October 2026.

The Mumbai site is intended to serve enterprise customers, hyperscalers, and businesses running artificial intelligence workloads. It is designed to support data localisation requirements and rising demand for cloud services in India.

The expansion comes as India's data centre market continues to grow, driven by cloud adoption, digitalisation, and heavier computing demand from AI applications. Operators and advisers are increasingly focused on major urban centres, where financial services, eCommerce, media, and technology companies account for a large share of demand.

Kalyan Muppaneni, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Pi Data Centres, outlined the scale of the rollout.

"Our new Central Mumbai DC facility with 3MW is going live in Phase I out of our planned 23MW capacity expansion. This will play a crucial role in supporting India's accelerating demand for Enterprises, AI-led transformation, Cloud Adoption and Data Localization. This capacity addition, alongside our existing 60MW infrastructure in Amaravati (AP) and another upcoming 3MW data center in Hyderabad in October 2026, enables us to deliver seamless, high-performance digital infrastructure across key regions. We remain committed to building future-ready, sustainable platforms that power India's next wave of innovation, particularly in AI and Enterprise Cloud. Our presence across Mumbai, Amaravati and in Hyderabad allows us to uniquely combine low-latency access with large-scale capacity. This dual advantage positions Pi as the preferred partner for enterprises and hyperscale's building resilient, AI-ready digital infrastructure in India," said Muppaneni.

Market growth

JLL linked the transaction to broader demand trends in India's data centre sector, where growth has been driven by hyperscalers as well as customers in banking, financial services, insurance, eCommerce, media, and technology.

According to JLL, India's data centre industry has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 24 per cent since 2020, while annual absorption has nearly doubled over the past five years. AI workloads, digitalisation, and cloud services are expected to sustain that momentum.

Rachit Mohan, Managing Director - Data Centre Leasing, APAC, JLL, said, "India's data centre industry has expanded at 24% CAGR since 2020, with annual absorption nearly doubling over five years. Strong demand from hyperscalers, BFSI, eCommerce, media and technology sectors has driven this growth. AI workloads, digitalisation and cloud services will accelerate momentum further. India is emerging as a global data centre hub, backed by cost competitiveness, adequate energy supply and stable governance. This transaction represents our deep understanding of what next-generation digital infrastructure demands: strategic location selection, future-ready scalability, and optimized efficiency designed specifically for the sophisticated needs of hyperscalers and enterprises."

JLL's 2026 Global Data Centre Outlook reflects a wider build-out across the sector. The firm forecasts that 100GW of new data centre capacity will be added worldwide between 2026 and 2030, doubling global capacity. It also projects the sector will expand at a 14 per cent compound annual growth rate through 2030.

That pace of expansion is expected to put additional pressure on power infrastructure, making energy supply and grid constraints a central issue for operators and investors. JLL expects hyperscalers to remain a major force in the sector, using both leased sites and self-built facilities to secure capacity.

National footprint

For Pi, the Mumbai opening extends a network that has so far been centred on Amaravati. The company has operated in India for 11 years and serves more than 600 customers across sectors including banking, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, retail, eCommerce, manufacturing, payment gateways, and government.

The addition of Mumbai gives Pi a presence in a market where proximity, latency, and access to commercial customers are key factors in site selection. Combined with Amaravati and the planned Hyderabad launch, the company is building coverage across multiple demand centres rather than relying on a single campus.

JLL, which advises clients on commercial real estate and data centre transactions, has also increased its focus on digital infrastructure as developers and operators compete for scarce urban sites with suitable power access. In India, the firm has a presence in ten major cities and more than 130 tier-II and tier-III markets.

The Mumbai facility is due to begin operations in August 2026, with the Hyderabad site expected to follow in October 2026.