Build · IT infrastructure
Data centre design, build and support for Indian organisations, and colocation in India where data residency matters. NetScale surveys the site, designs the layout and writes the bill of quantities (BOQ), supplies and installs the passive and active infrastructure, tests it before handover and stays to support it. As-built documents, runbooks and credentials are handed over as yours.
Data Centre Solutions
A data centre is the room and the systems that keep your servers running.
Its passive infrastructure is the power, cooling, cabling and racks; its active infrastructure is the servers, storage, network and security on them. NetScale delivers it in five steps: site survey, design and BOQ, supply and installation, testing and commissioning, and support and sustenance.
Colocation means you own the hardware, and a facility in India provides the space, power, cooling and connectivity. NetScale designs, moves and supports both, and writes down where every system and backup sits.
Choosing a cloud region for residency sits under Cloud security and compliance.
Backups, and restores tested on a schedule, sit under Remote infrastructure management (RIM).
The servers and storage themselves, sized and supported outside a data centre build, sit under Enterprise IT infrastructure.
Maintenance contracts and OEM renewals for equipment already installed sit under AMC and OEM support renewals.
Hosting was chosen on price, and it worked. Your regulator now asks where the data physically sits. Can you name the location?
Our answer: Data residency
Cables were added rack by rack. Who could trace one end to end today?
Our answer: Passive infrastructure
The UPS and the generator were bought from different vendors. Who last tested the failover between them?
Our answer: Testing and commissioning
The data centre was handed over without as-built drawings. Who knows what is behind each rack?
Our answer: Testing and commissioning
Design, supply and installation, testing and commissioning, and support and sustenance of a data centre, and colocation in India where data residency matters.
Floor and rack layout with redundancy design; uninterruptible power supply (UPS), power distribution units (PDUs), earthing and diesel generator (DG) integration; precision cooling with hot and cold aisle containment; tested and labelled cabling; racks; and fire suppression, access control, CCTV and sensors.
Rack and blade servers, storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS), virtualisation and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), core and top-of-rack switches, firewalls, network access control (NAC) and privileged access management (PAM), and backup and replication, supplied from OEM partners and installed to the design.
Load and failover testing and a backup restore test before handover, with as-built drawings and configurations, runbooks and credentials handed over as yours.
An annual maintenance contract (AMC) with response and fix times agreed in the contract, monitoring of power, cooling and IT systems against limits, remote infrastructure management (RIM), and a resident engineer at your site if needed.
Rack space, power, cooling and connectivity in an India-based facility, including Yotta, with your hardware moved in fixed-scope phases, each with a tested rollback plan.
A written record of where every system, backup and log store physically sits, checked against what your regulator, parent company and customers require.
Each phase adds a layer to the same estate.
You can stop at any phase boundary. The assessment is free, and each phase is priced in writing before it starts.How we engage
The Directions of 28 April 2022 require logs of all ICT systems to be kept within India for a rolling 180 days. Servers, storage, network and security devices in the data centre log to a store in India, with clocks synchronised to NIC or NPL time.
The DPDP Rules name access control, and monitoring and logging, among the security safeguards for personal data, with the substantive duties applying from 13 May 2027. Access control and CCTV records that identify people are personal data too, so who can see them and how long they are kept are written into the design. Legal interpretation stays with your counsel.
Source: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (external site)
Where a regulator, parent company or customer requires data in India, it is placed in India-based capacity, including colocation with Yotta. The location of every system and backup is written into the design.
The RBI’s direction of 6 April 2018 requires payment system operators to store payment data only in India. Under Rule 13(4) of the DPDP Rules, significant data fiduciaries can be required to keep personal data the government specifies within India. Legal interpretation stays with your counsel.
Source: RBI direction on storage of payment system data, 6 April 2018 (external site)
Load and growth plans: the IT load the room carries on day one, and the headroom it is sized for.
Passive scope: power, cooling, cabling, racks, and fire suppression, access control and CCTV, new or upgraded.
Active scope: the servers, storage, network and security supplied, and how much existing equipment stays.
Support after go-live: AMC, monitoring and remote management, and whether a resident engineer is on site.
Colocation: rack count and power density, carriers and cross-connects, and how many systems move, in what order and in which cutover windows.
The most relevant engagement, with its numbers. Client names and the full write-up are shared in conversation.
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Data centre and cloud in IndiaA survey of the space, power and cooling at your site, and a study of your load and growth plans. It ends in a written report with the design, the BOQ and our recommendations. The survey costs nothing, and the findings are yours whether we ever work together or not.
Passive infrastructure is what the IT equipment stands on: power, cooling, cabling, racks, and fire suppression, access control and CCTV. Active infrastructure is the IT equipment itself: servers, storage, network and security. We design both together, so power and cooling are sized for the load the active equipment puts on them.
Yes. An expansion or an upgrade starts with the same site survey as a new build. The survey records what is installed and what it can still carry. Existing equipment stays where it meets the design; you are not asked to replace everything, and the design says what is added, in writing.
Load and failover tests and a backup restore test, before anything is handed over. Then the as-built drawings and configurations, runbooks and credentials are handed over as yours, so the data centre on paper matches the one that runs. Each stage is signed off before the next begins.
Support and sustenance: an AMC with response and fix times agreed in the contract, preventive and breakdown maintenance, and spares kept ready. Power, cooling and IT systems are monitored against their limits, our engineers handle day-to-day upkeep remotely, and a resident engineer is based at your site if you need one.
It depends on what your site can deliver: power, cooling, physical security and connectivity for the load you run, and what the room would cost to bring up to that. The site survey checks each against what your systems need. Some estates keep a small room for local systems and move the rest. The recommendation comes in writing.
Ownership. In colocation you own the servers, and the facility provides space, power, cooling and connectivity. In cloud you rent compute and storage and own none of the hardware. Many estates use both. The assessment says which systems suit which, and why, in writing.
It depends on your sector, your contracts and whether you are a significant data fiduciary. The DPDP Act does not require all personal data to stay in India. The RBI requires payment system data to be stored only in India, and CERT-In logs stay in India for 180 days. Legal interpretation stays with your counsel.
It costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You get a written list of where your IT environment is exposed, and your team can act on it with or without us.
