AWS is reportedly in the final stages of buying 40 to 45 acres of land in Palava City, just outside of Mumbai, for the build of a data center.
According to The Hindu Business Line, the tech giant is set to buy the land for around Rs 500-600 crore ($60m-$71m) from Macrotech Developers.
The deal is likely to be finalized in the next few months.
Neither AWS nor Macrotech Developers responded to requests for clarification from the publication.
Last month, DCD reported that AWS was looking to invest an additional $2 billion in data centers in Telangana, India. The company already committed to investing $12.7 billion in the country last year.
The tech giant has launched cloud regions in Hyderabad and Mumbai and is planning Local Zones in Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru, with one local Zone in Delhi.
Palava City, located between Thane and Navi Mumbai, is a smart city built by real estate developer Lodha. Mumbai is home to operators such as Digital Edge, Iron Mountain, NTT, CtrlS, Nxtra, Tata, and Equinix.
A report from DC Byte earlier this year said Navi Mumbai and Central Mumbai were two rapidly emerging markets in the APAC region, and updates to Maharashtra’s IT policy have boosted data center development in the city.
