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Dorf Ketal to Invest Rs 30000 Crore in Maharashtra Data Centre Space
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News18•06-10-2026, 19:45
Dorf Ketal to Invest Rs 30000 Crore in Maharashtra Data Centre Space
- •Speciality chemicals-focused Dorf Ketal group is diversifying into the data centre space with a massive Rs 30,000 crore investment in Maharashtra.
- •The group's technology and infrastructure arm Trentar signed an MoU with the state government to build a 500-MW green integrated hyperscale data centre, likely to be based in Navi Mumbai.
- •The Maharashtra government will facilitate coordination for necessary permissions, registrations, and approvals, having already issued a letter of intent for the project.
- •The project plans to meet 51 per cent of its energy requirements using renewable sources while evaluating treated-water reuse and water-efficient cooling options.
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Speciality chemicals-focused Dorf Ketal group is diversifying into the data centre space by investing Rs 30,000 crore in Maharashtra. Through its technology and infrastructure arm Trentar, the group signed an MoU with the state government to build a green integrated hyperscale data centre.
Officials stated that the new project is likely to be based in the Navi Mumbai region, an area that already supports a significant portion of India's overall data centre capacity.
The project will meet 51 per cent of its energy requirements using renewable sources. Additionally, the project operator is actively evaluating treated-water reuse and water-efficient cooling options.
