Exclusive-Tata unit says 'extensive damage' from fire at Delhi data centre hampers recovery
Key takeaways
- Exclusive-Tata unit says 'extensive damage' from fire at Delhi data centre hampers recovery.
- One data centre client, India s Matrix Cellular, which provides international SIM cards, told Reuters it is struggling to recover two decades of data lost in the blaze.
- Some of Google Cloud s intermittent network disruptions in India also relate to the incident, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Exclusive-Tata unit says 'extensive damage' from fire at Delhi data centre hampers recovery. The logo of TATA Communications outside the company’s building, where a data centre caught fire this month, in New Delhi · Reuters Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil Wed, June 24, 2026 at 5:39 PM GMT+7 4 min read TATACOMM.NS By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil
NEW DELHI, June 24 (Reuters) - A fire at a New Delhi data centre owned by Singapore s ST Telemedia and India s Tata Communications caused "extensive damage" to parts of the facility, making data recovery challenging, a Tata letter seen by Reuters shows.
The firm, part of the salt-to-aviation Tata conglomerate, told Indian stock exchanges on June 5 it had activated business continuity protocols to minimise disruptions after an early morning fire at the STT Global Data Centres India facility.