2 items from Tamil Nadu's AI world that day.
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InfrastructureChennai
Chief Minister Vijay and Singapore's Deputy PM Gan Kim Yong opened CapitaLand's first data centre in Chennai, in Ambattur.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong inaugurated CapitaLand's data centre in Ambattur, Chennai, on 15 Oct 2026. LiveChennai reports a planned 46 MW and about 4,900 server racks in a seven-storey building on four acres. The project began under an MoU signed at the 2024 Global Investors Meet.
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PolicyChennai
Tamil Nadu launches a semiconductor scheme that also backs chip projects the Centre has not approved, with 15% to 25% capital subsidies and local-hiring rules.
The Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Ecosystem Scheme 2026 was launched at the Secretariat on Thursday, DT Next reported. Projects the Centre approved under Semicon 2.0 get extra state support. Projects that did not apply, or were not selected, can now get state help too. Both tracks require at least half of the direct workforce to be Tamil Nadu residents. Proposals are open until 30 Sep 2027.
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