The Setupuram Vision
A contiguous coastal landholding assembled under Setupuram Limited, offering the scale required for phased greenfield development on the southern coast of Tamil Nadu.
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Setupuram Limited has consolidated a single contiguous coastal parcel of 200 acres at Setupuram, in Mandapam block of Ramanathapuram district. Rare in India, where sites of this scale are almost always fragmented across many owners with many encumbrances. This is the difference between a project that can start now and a project that needs three years of land assembly before ground is broken.
The proposed campus has 100 MW initial capacity, with land on the site to expand in stages. Phase 1 includes AI-ready capacity and enabling substation, cooling and fibre infrastructure. Up to US$1 billion for Phase 1 infrastructure, excluding compute. This is an indicative estimate, with private investment currently in active discussion with international investors focused on Indian digital infrastructure. Compute investment would be additional. The estimate does not cover later phases, which are not yet estimated.
An inland campus of this size would use about 2 million litres of freshwater a day.
Rare in India.
Southern coastal corridor, backhauled to Chennai's eight international cable systems. Positioned for the next tranche of cable landings.
Rare in India.
Held by Setupuram Limited. Ready for phased development.
Rare in India.
Built to reduce dependence on freshwater.
Built to create thousands of skilled jobs.
Built to enable businesses to put AI to work from day one.
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