Chennai is set to become the nation’s second major data centre (DC) hub, after Mumbai. The city, which already hosts a number of smaller DCs, is now seeing investment commitments of of ₹8,300 crore by three large companies.

Among the reasons for the the trend are the submarine cables landing in Chennai, and various State governments wanting to have data centres located in India.

BusinessLine's   TE Raja Simhan tells us more.