New Delhi, Domestic telecom gear maker HFCL has received board approval for setting up a data centre connectivity products manufacturing facility with an investment of Rs 215 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

The facility will manufacture advanced data centre connectivity products, including Miniature Multi-Fiber (MMC) and Super High-Density Multi-Fiber Termination (SNMT) assemblies, which are widely used in high-speed data centre and AI infrastructure, the filing said.

"The Board has approved the setting up of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for Data Centre Connectivity Products with a capacity of 2,70,000 assemblies per annum at an estimated capital outlay of Rs 215 crore," HFCL said.

The company decided on setting up the new unit in view of the significant growth in global demand for data centre connectivity products, driven by the rapid deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI), hyperscale data centres, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-speed networking infrastructure.

The proposed facility is expected to be commissioned by September 2027, the filing said.