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L&T secures ₹15,000 cr AI data centre order

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deploying
10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs
one designed
250 MW capacity

L&T has secured an order worth up to ₹15,000 cr for an AI data centre project in Chennai, deploying 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs. The facility will support model training and inference, with phase one designed for 250 MW capacity. This move highlights the increasing demand for dedicated AI compute infrastructure.

The project is expected to enhance L&T's position in the growing AI sector, potentially boosting investor sentiment.

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The market after the news

LT closed −0.6% on the day of the news, from ₹4,064.30 to ₹4,041.30; Nifty −0.3% over the same session; futures OI −0.7%.

Bulletin at 16:09 IST on 18 Aug 2026. Every change is measured from ₹4,064.30, the last close before it, on 18 Aug. Nifty 50 is measured over the same sessions.

  • LT close ₹
  • Nifty 50, rebased to the close before the news
  • close before the news
  • above it
  • below it
  • futures OI, lots
LT closes around the bulletin against the close before the news, with Nifty 50 rebased to it374640644383axis spans 17%before the news · 18 Aug4064Nifty 50LTbulletinD0+1+3+512 Aug24 Aug2 SeptFutures open interest, lotspeak 82,000Reference close ₹4,064.30. 16 sessions from 12 Aug to 2 Sept; the price axis spans 17 percent.
price axis fixed at 4 × the 14-session true range around the close before the news · values printed at each marked session
Closes after the news against the close before it, with Nifty 50 over the same span
SessionClose ₹Change %Nifty %
Before18 Aug₹4,064.30basebase
On the day19 Aug₹4,041.30▼ −0.6%▼ −0.3%−0.3 pp difference
+1 session20 Aug₹4,081.00▲ +0.4%▲ +0.3%+0.1 pp difference
+3 sessions24 Aug₹4,090.00▲ +0.6%▲ +0.3%+0.4 pp difference
+5 sessions26 Aug₹4,038.10▼ −0.6%▲ +0.2%−0.9 pp difference
Gap at the open, % · ₹
0.0%−0.41 on 19 Aug
Day's range, % · ₹
1.1%≈ 44 high to low
Volume on the day
0.72×the 20-session average
Futures OI on the day
▼ −0.7%−510 lots · long unwinding · price −0.6%
Futures OI open, lots
73,00019 Aug · 25 Aug expiry
Futures premium, ₹
−10.20−0.3% to spot
Puts per call, by OI
0.65from 0.66 the session before
Max pain
4,000from 4,000 the session before

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