Market comparison
Chennai, India vs Hyderabad, India
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Chennai — 35 facilities from 26 operators, Hyderabad — 24 facilities from 20 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Chennai, India
35
Tracked facilities · Operators: 26
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Hyderabad, India
24
Tracked facilities · Operators: 20
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Chennai | Hyderabad |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 35 | 24 |
| Operators | 26 | 20 |
| Published IT capacity | 897 MW (21 of 35 sites publish) | 3,027 MW (11 of 24 sites publish) |
| Operational | 26 | 16 |
| Under construction / announced | 9 | 8 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 10 | 6 |
| Sites with any certification | 13 | 8 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 3 | 3 |
| AI-ready sites | 9 | 6 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | $0.109 | $0.109 |
| Average Coloprice Score | 27/100 across 35 sites | 22/100 across 24 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-10-01; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Tracked facilities: Chennai — 35; Hyderabad — 24
- Operators: Chennai — 26; Hyderabad — 20
- Published IT capacity: Chennai — 897 MW (21 of 35 sites publish); Hyderabad — 3,027 MW (11 of 24 sites publish)
- Operational: Chennai — 26; Hyderabad — 16
- Under construction / announced: Chennai — 9; Hyderabad — 8
- Tier III+ certified sites: Chennai — 10; Hyderabad — 6
- Sites with any certification: Chennai — 13; Hyderabad — 8
- AI-ready sites: Chennai — 9; Hyderabad — 6
- Average Coloprice Score: Chennai — 27/100 across 35 sites; Hyderabad — 22/100 across 24 sites
Top facilities by score
Chennai, India
- AdaniConneX Chennai 1 AdaniConneX · 33 MW
- CtrlS Chennai Data Center Park CtrlS Datacenters · 72 MW
- Iron Mountain CHN-1 Iron Mountain · 23.2 MW
Hyderabad, India
- Iron Mountain HYD-1 Iron Mountain · 5.7 MW
- Sify Hyderabad Data Center Sify Technologies · 14.4 MW
- STT Hyderabad 1 STT GDC India · 4 MW
Open Chennai data centers →Open Hyderabad data centers →Colocation pricing in Chennai →Colocation pricing in Hyderabad →
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