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This is Weekly Grid — Gridvik's 5-minute Monday briefing. Only what changed last week, with source links.

In this issue (29 Sep 2026): No new verified projects — but 3 market reports updated the size of the pie.

We re-verified all 48 projects. No status changes to log as a new row this week (last week's fixes were the Yotta/airtel/reuters alt sources). Instead, the market itself moved — new H1 2026 data is out.

📊 Market Pulse — What changed (source-linked)

1. Cushman & Wakefield H1 2026 Update (23 Sep 2026) — NEW BASELINE

• Operational: 1,789 MW across Top 7 markets (added 178 MW in H1 2026)
• Pipeline to 2030: 3,860 MW (509 MW under construction + 3,351 MW planned) across 147 DCs by 33 providers
• Vacancy: 14.9% — market absorbing supply
• Mumbai still anchor: 890 MW operational + 1,726 MW upcoming
• Hyderabad rising: 151 MW → 710 MW upcoming
• Chennai: 214 MW → 368 MW upcoming | Delhi NCR: 183 MW → 387 MW | Pune: 133 MW → 258 MW
• Source: Cushman & Wakefield H1 2026 Update, 23 Sep 2026 ↗
• What we did: Updated our market header from 1.8GW/4.5GW to 1,789MW/3,860MW for accuracy. No new project row — this is market-level.

2. PIB / NIC — Infrastructure Status Confirmed (14 Sep 2026)

• Installed: 1.57 GW as of Aug 2026 (was 375 MW in 2020) → projected ~8 GW by 2030
• Investments: $70B underway + $90B announced
• Policy: Infra status since Budget 2022-23, NIC runs 4 national DCs (Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar) + 37 state DCs
• Source: PIB — Data Centres for Digital Age, 14 Sep 2026 (PDF) ↗

3. Microsoft India South Central — Live (21-24 Sep 2026)

• Status change: Microsoft's 4th India region (Hyderabad) is now live — 3 Availability Zones, zero-water cooling, DPDP/RBI compliant
• Early customers: Adani Group, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, PB Pay already on it
• Part of $20.5B India commitment; Microsoft now largest hyperscale footprint in India (4 regions + 2 Jio JV)
• Source: Microsoft Source Asia, Hyderabad region live ↗ · India Today, 21 Sep ↗
• Our tracker: PRJ-015 already marked live — no new row, but we updated notes with early customers + zero-water detail (verified_date 2026-09-29).

🔄 Corrections / Re-verifications This Week

• All 20 free-sample rows re-checked: 18×200 OK, 2× bot-protected (Airtel 403, Reuters 401) — both work in browser, alt sources in CSV notes
• No new project added — next Bot-1 batch expected this week (watch for Aurionpro Navi Mumbai ₹100 Cr AI-ready order — not yet in tracker, under review)

📦 Procurement Window — Still the one to watch

• Sify Chennai 130MW → Q4 2026 cooling/servers (same as last week — window approaching)
• Cushman vacancy 14.9% suggests absorption is strong — expect faster planning → under_construction moves in Hyderabad/Pune.

📊 Tracker

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