NTT has signed 130MW of data center capacity leases in the US.

The company this week announced agreements between its Global Data Center business and unnamed “leading hyperscale cloud providers,” leasing space across its campuses in Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, and Virginia.

Details on the customers and the breakdown of where the capacity will be located weren’t shared.

“These agreements reflect the trust our clients place in NTT Global Data Centers to deliver the scale, flexibility, and reliability required to power their digital transformation,” said Doug Adams, CEO and president, NTT Global Data Centers. “As the adoption of AI accelerates, clients turn to us for advanced infrastructure capable of supporting compute-intensive AI workloads with speed, security and sustainability. By combining our expertise in cooling innovation and hyperscale design, we are helping the world’s leading technology companies meet the growing demands of AI and advancing their long-term growth and innovation strategies.”

NTT operates a global network of data centers totaling more than 150 facilities across 20 countries spanning Asia, Africa, Europe, and the US. Most of its facilities outside Japan are operated through its NTT GDC unit.

In the last year, NTT has opened ten new facilities across North America, EMEA, and APAC and adding more than 370MW of new IT capacity. The company aims to invests $10 billion through 2027 in data center infrastructure.

Earlier this year NTT acquired land in seven markets for 1GW of data center development. In the US, the company acquired land in Oregon and Arizona to expand its campuses in Hillboro and Phoenix.

NTT launches Bengaluru 4

In India, NTT GDC this week launched Bengaluru 4, a new data center campus in Karnataka.

Located on 18 acres at the Prestige Tech Cloud campus in Devanahalli, the site will offer 100MW/67.2MW IT load across three 22.4MW buildings (4A, 4B, 4C) at full build out. The campus is able to support liquid cooling.

NTT entered into an agreement with the Prestige Group to develop a campus in Bangalore/Bengaluru back in 2023. The company is investing around $288 million in the project.

Prestige Group is an India-based property developer, focusing on the residential, commercial, retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors. This latest deal marks the company’s first foray into the Indian data center industry.

Located in Electronic City, Bengaluru 2 offers 4.5MW of critical IT load. Bengaluru 3 provides 12MW of critical IT load and 5,800 sqm (62,430 sq ft) of data center space.

Other companies with a current or planned presence in Bangalore include the Web Werks and Iron Mountain JV, Nxtra, STT GDC, Netmagic, and CapitaLand.

NTT has more than 18 data centers in operation or development across India, totaling more than 265MW across Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru.

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