NTT launches data centre campus, a new subsea cable system in Chennai

Global IT infrastructure and services firm NTT Ltd. is set to invest worth $300 million in its data centre campus in Chennai, as it launched its latest facility and the landing of a new subsea cable in the city on Thursday.

The Japan-headquartered company opened its ‘Chennai 2’ campus located in Ambattur, an industrial suburb of Chennai. It is connected with MIST subsea cable, the first cable system of the NTT group that provides direct connectivity to or from India. MIST is the first cable system with a 12-fibre pair capacity – capable of carrying data at more than 200 terabyte per second – to land in India, the company said.