Overview
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged Bharti Enterprises to expedite the Chandanvelly data‑centre project and invited the company to consider a much larger integrated data‑centre and AI infrastructure campus in Telangana.
- Bharti chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal told the chief minister on Tuesday that Airtel is considering Hyderabad as its second headquarters and will look at increasing data‑centre capacity and expanding fibre connectivity in the state.
- Mittal also announced that the Bharti Foundation will provide scholarships for students in government schools and Advanced Technology Centres to support the pool of trained workers for the planned investments.
- The chief minister asked Bharti to nominate a senior executive to coordinate with the Telangana government so officials can fast‑track approvals and quickly resolve operational issues related to new projects.
- Telangana framed the outreach around recent education and skilling changes—including the Young India Skills University and upgraded ITIs—to show how local training could feed jobs for cloud, cybersecurity and AI roles if the investments proceed.