World’s 2nd Largest & Asia’s Largest Data Centre-THE HINDU-09-07-2020

Context: Maharashtra CM, Uddhav Thackeray E-Inaugurates NM1, Yotta Data Centre Near Mumbai World’s 2nd Largest & Asia’s Largest Data Centre.

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*The second-largest data centre of the world was inaugurated in Mumbai by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

*Yotta NM1 is the first of five data centre buildings coming up at the Integrated Yotta Data Center Park.

*This data centre is a global pioneer not just in terms of capability and price, but more so in terms of its focus on efficiency and sustainability.

*Located in the 600-acre Hiranandani Fortune City in Panvel, the Yotta NM1 is the first of five data centre buildings coming up at the Integrated Yotta Data Center Park.

*India's largest data centre building, the Yotta NM1 is the largest Tier IV data centre in Asia, and is certified by Uptime Institute,It is also the second largest in the world.

*To utilise India’s full potential to become a data driven economy, the government is working on bringing investments in building data centres across the nation.

*The NM1 data centre will occupy one of the five buildings of the 18 acres Panvel park of total capacity of 30000 racks and 210 Megawatt (MW) power.

*The NM1 data centre offers 7200 racks and 50 MW of power with 48 hour backup support.