Nxtra by Airtel to Become the First Data Center
Company in India to install Fuel Cell Technology to
provide Clean Energy

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that its subsidiary Nxtra Data
Limited (“Nxtra”) has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy low environmental impact fuel cell
installation at its data center in Karnataka, reducing carbon emissions through a cleaner, hydrogen ready
fuel supply.
Nxtra will be the first data center company in India to deploy fuel cell technology to reduce carbon
emissions at its data centers while unlocking cost and sustainability benefits.
Nxtra plans to start the unit on non-combusted natural gas and then switch to 50% hydrogen in future
without any significant investment. The natural gas-powered cells will be used for primary generation
with utility electrical grid and generators as backup sources.

Speaking about the partnership, Mr. Rajesh Tapadia, COO, Nxtra by Airtel said, “Nxtra is committed to
set new benchmarks in sustainability for the data center industry and play a leading role as India
emerges as leading data center destination in APAC. With an ambition to reach net zero by 2031, we
have embarked on our sustainability journey by making all possible efforts to adopt innovative energy
solutions. Our partnership with Bloom Energy is a testament to our future-ready energy strategy to
supply much cleaner energy to our data centers.
“Bloom Energy’s technology is distinctly capable of helping India meet its decarbonization objectives as
it transitions to a hydrogen economy,” said Tim Schweikert, senior managing director, international
business development, Bloom Energy. “We are proud to collaborate with Nxtra to support them in their
pursuit of using clean, reliable and affordable power for their data centers.”
Nxtra by Airtel has the largest network of data centers in India with 12 large and 120 edge data centers
across the country and will invest over Rs 5000 cr over the next four years to expand its capacity by 3X
to over 400 MW. The company has already invested and partnered with 8 organisations to develop
renewable energy power plants across India to source more than 180,000 MWh of renewable energy
and is committed to achieving 50% of its power requirements through renewable energy sources in the
next 12 months.