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Carrier Invests ₹1000 Crore in Andhra to Build Chiller Plant for AI Data Centers
India
Published on 6 May 2026
Andhra wants to stop importing the cooling backbone
Carrier is set to break ground on a ₹1,000 crore advanced chiller manufacturing facility in Sri City, as Andhra Pradesh pushes beyond hosting data centers to building the manufacturing ecosystem that powers them. The move rides a wave of major AI and hyperscale investments in Visakhapatnam, with the state aiming to scale cooling, power, and component supply locally.
- Carrier’s ₹1,000 crore chiller plant will be built at Sri City
- Andhra is pivoting from data-center destination to manufacturing hub
- The cooling supply chain is central for AI, cloud, and HPC growth
- Sri City is already expanding AC and cooling manufacturing capacity
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