Amazon Data Services India, the data centre subsidiary of Amazon, has strengthened its presence in the Mumbai metropolitan region by acquiring an additional 10.6-acre land parcel in Thane district for more than Rs 125 crore. The acquisition is expected to support the development of a hyperscale data centre and related digital infrastructure, reinforcing Mumbai’s position as India’s leading data centre market.
The newly acquired land is located across Asode and Burdul villages in Ambernath taluka and sits adjacent to a 38.18-acre parcel that Amazon purchased from Lodha Developers in December 2024 for over Rs 450 crore. With this latest transaction, Amazon’s total investment in land acquisitions at the location has climbed to nearly Rs 575 crore, while its combined landholding in the area now spans close to 49 acres.
According to property documents accessed through CRE Matrix, the transaction was registered on May 26 and attracted stamp duty payments of Rs 7.51 crore.
The land parcel offers a permissible development potential of approximately 1,07,367.5 square metres, or over 1.16 million square feet, making it suitable for large-scale data centre development and supporting infrastructure. Of the total area acquired, around 8.44 acres are situated in Asode village and 2.18 acres in Burdul village.
The acquisition further strengthens Amazon’s land bank in the Palava region, which has increasingly emerged as a preferred destination for digital infrastructure projects due to its connectivity advantages, land availability and proximity to Mumbai.
Amazon has been steadily expanding its data centre network in India, particularly in the Mumbai region. In 2022, the company acquired a 54-acre land parcel in Thane for more than Rs 1,870 crore, one of the country’s largest land transactions linked to hyperscale data centre development.
The company has also secured multiple long-term leases in Mumbai’s Powai area, including a four-acre site leased from Larsen & Toubro in 2023 and an adjoining 5.5-acre parcel acquired earlier.
With rising demand driven by cloud adoption, artificial intelligence workloads, digitisation and data localisation requirements, Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai continue to attract significant investments from global technology companies seeking to expand digital infrastructure capacity across India.
Source: The Economic Times
