Cortex DC Plans 2 GW of Data Center Capacity in India

Oct 29, 2026
The Chatterjee Group subsidiary Cortex DC plans to develop 2 GW of data center capacity across India for AI, cloud and high performance computing workloads.

Cortex DC, an AI subsidiary of The Chatterjee Group, plans to develop 2 GW of data center capacity across India, according to Data Center Dynamics. The platform will serve demand for AI, cloud and high performance computing infrastructure.

Cortex DC expects its first facility to become operational within 18 months after construction begins. The company has not disclosed the sites, construction schedule or capacity of individual facilities.

The company plans to source 51 percent of the data centers' energy from green sources. It intends to serve customers in India and other countries, including cloud providers and companies running AI workloads. The Chatterjee Group is a New York based private equity and industrial holding group with more than $4 billion in deployed capital; local press reports the data centers will use land the group already owns.

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