APAC data center firm ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has broken ground on a new campus in Mumbai, India.

STT GDC India this week announced the groundbreaking of its first data center at the new Palava campus.

Spread across 46 acres, the campus is designed to scale to ~400 MW of IT load. The first phase will offer 50MW of IT capacity.

STT GDC said the campus is supported by an investment commitment from the company totaling Rs 5,000 crore ($540 million).

“Strategically located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, this development strengthens Maharashtra’s leadership as India’s premier digital infrastructure hub and accelerates Mumbai’s rise as a global center for AI, cloud, and next-generation digital workloads,” the company said.

Palava City, located between Thane and Navi Mumbai, is a smart city built by local real estate firm Lodha. STT GDC acquired land in the park last year and later announced plans to develop the site into a data center campus.

Amazon has also acquired land in Palava for a data center development.

STT GDC currently operates two data center parks near Mumbai: the first in Mumbai proper, and the second in Navi Mumbai. STT GDC’s India division has more than 400MW of critical IT load in operation and development across 30 facilities in 10 cities across the country.

Investment firm KKR and Singaporean telecoms firm Singtel fully acquired STT GDC last month.