Apr 21, 2025 / 12:30PM GMT
Operator
Greetings. Welcome to the Sify Technologies Financial Results for full year 2024-2025. (Operator Instructions) Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Praveen Krishna. You may begin.
Praveen Krishna - Sify Technologies Limited - Investor Relations & Public Relations
Thank you, Holly. I'd like to extend a warm welcome to all our participants on behalf of Sify Technologies Limited. I'm joined on the call today by my Chairman, Mr. Raju Vegesna; and my Executive Director and Group CFO, Mr. M P Vijay Kumar. Following our comments on the results, there will be an opportunity for questions.
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Some of the financial measures referred to during this call and in the earnings release may include non-GAAP measures. Sify's results for the year are according to the International Financial Reporting Standards or IFRS and will differ somewhat from the GAAP announcements made in previous years.
A presentation of the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of such non-GAAP measures and of the differences between such non-GAAP measures and the most comparable financial measures calculated and presented will be made available on Sify's website.
Before we continue, I would like to point out that certain statements contained in the earnings release and on this conference call are forward-looking statements, rather than historical facts and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described.
With respect to such forward-looking statements, the company seeks protections afforded by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These risks include a variety of factors, including competitive developments and risk factors listed from time to time in the company's SEC reports and public releases.
Those lists are intended to identify certain principal factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, but are not intended to represent a complete list of all risks and uncertainties inherent to the company's business.
I would now like to introduce my Chairman, Mr. Raju Vegesna. Chairman?
Raju Vegesna - Sify Technologies Limited - Chairman & Managing Director
Thank you, Praveen. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on the call. India's emergence as a global growth hub is no longer a forecast. It is a present day reality.
India is set to become the third largest economy by 2030-2031 with the projected annual growth of 6.7% according to S&P Global. This growth is underpinned by level economic reforms, a vibrant start-up ecosystem, and a geographic dividend.
With the second largest Internet user base globally, India is now an important test bed for emerging technologies such as AI, 5G, and cloud computing. Government initiatives like Digital India and Startup India have further accelerated tech innovation with India now home to over 100 unicorns. For global enterprises, the convergence of policy support, digital infrastructure, and deep talent and positions India as a growth opportunity that is both immediate and immense.
Let me now bring in our Executive Director and Group CFO, Mr. M P Vijay Kumar, to explain both the business and financial highlights for the year. Vijay Kumar?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Thank you, Chairman. We remain committed to cost efficiency and fiscal discipline, aligning our financial strategies with long-term value creation across each of our businesses. While we plan essential investments for future readiness, our current results faced multiple headwinds of depreciation from substantial capital expenditure for our network and data center infrastructure and substantial increase in manpower and upskilling demand power to be relevant for the IT services opportunities ahead.
Our approach remains to invest to build resilience, enhance operational agility, and capture emerging opportunities. The income tax expense includes tax, both current and deferred tax of INR539 million on profit of its data center subsidiary. The cash balance at the end of the year was INR6,836 million.
Let me now expand on business highlights for the year. The revenue split between the businesses for the year was data center services, 38%; network services, 41%; and digital services, 21%. As of March 31, 2025, Sify provides services on the network infrastructure via 1,137 fiber nodes across the country, a 10% increase over last year.
As of March 31, 2025, Sify has deployed 1,870 contracted SD-WAN service points across the country. A detailed list of our key wins is recorded in our press release, now live on our website. Let me briefly sum up the financial performance for the year. Revenue for the year was INR39,886 million, an increase of 12% over last year. EBITDA was INR7,562 million, an increase of 12% over last year.
Loss before tax was INR286 million and loss after tax was INR785 million. Capital expenditure for the year was INR12,745 million.
I will now hand over to our Chairman for his closing remarks. Chairman?
Raju Vegesna - Sify Technologies Limited - Chairman & Managing Director
Thank you, Vijay Kumar. Over the years in the business has given us a ringside view to how the ICT industry is evolving and our combination of network, data center and digital services and tools are our unique selling advantage. We intend to strengthen each of these over the coming years. Thank you for joining us on this call. I will now hand over to the operator for questions.
Questions and Answers:
Operator(Operator Instructions)
Greg Burns, SIDOTI & Company.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
I'd like to just maybe dig into the quarterly dynamics of each of the segments and just maybe if we could start with network services. What drove the decline there this quarter?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
On the revenue side, there is no decline. But on the expenses side, we had substantial expenses for some of our new capacities, which we had leased for the future business requirements.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Okay. And then when we look at the -- your data center services, I think it declined a little bit sequentially, still up nicely year over year, but maybe you could just talk about that dynamic a little bit. And also, if we could just talk about your data center road map for this year, what is currently in the process of being brought live maybe over the next 12 months, like what the road map for fiscal '26 looks like for your data centers?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Yeah. On the data center revenues, there has been a secular trend as far as the recurring revenues are concerned. There are some onetime revenues, which keep coming in select quarters depending on the new customers' specific requirements. Otherwise, it has a very peculiar growth trend. As far as the capacities for the future is concerned, two facilities -- greenfield facilities have just gone live.
One is at Delhi, another is at Chennai. These are two facilities, which have gone live. And there is new capacities which are under construction in Mumbai, which should go live sometime in the next 12 to 18 months.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Okay. Maybe you could frame that new capacity in terms of where you were in terms of the number of data centers and megawatts of capacity and what those two that just came live plus what you're -- the third one that you expect over the next 12 months, like what -- how much incremental capacity those added? .
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Yeah. So currently, we have on the ground design capacity of about 130 megawatt, which is operational. And these two new facilities, which have been designed for an overall capacity of 130 megawatts each, of which in the Phase 1, each of them with a design capacity of 26 megawatts have been made ready and made available for service.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Okay. So when we look at your CapEx expectations for fiscal '26. Are they about in line with where you were for fiscal '25? Or is it going to go up or down by any meaningful amount?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
The capital expenditure will be marginally higher.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Okay. And then maybe we could just talk a little bit about the demand dynamics in India for -- particularly for data center colocation services. What are the primary factors driving the demand there? When you look at the supply in the market versus that demand, where is the market in terms of the supply of capacity needed to meet that demand?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Yeah. So at present, the demand still continues to exceed the supply in the market. And the demand continues to be driven by the cloud consumption by Indian enterprises and the hyperscalers who are currently operating in India continue to expand their footprint in the light of increasing cloud consumption.
And as far as AI-led demand is concerned, we are at the early stages of its growth. And there are active conversations happening with the enterprises for their AI-led demand for the future. So the demand supply cap continues to be favoring additional capacity creation at this point in time.
Greg Burns - SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Okay. And then just lastly, in terms of maybe your operating leverage. I know you've been investing in the resources necessary to drive your future growth. But how should we think about potential operating leverage as revenue from some of these infrastructure investments start to scale?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Yeah. The operating leverage for our network investment, rest of infrastructure business, and the data center infrastructure business, both of them are positive levers for us to drive as we build scale. And on the data center infrastructure services side, while the increase in margins will be probably a few basis points. On the network side, we have the potential for increasing our margins substantially with higher capacity utilization in the foreseeable future.
Operator
Jonathan Atkin, RBC.
Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
I wanted to follow up on the last response and just around demand. And is the mix that you see going forward of demand on a megawatt basis more likely to be driven by Indian enterprise or as direct tenants of your data center platform? Or is it more likely to be driven by international hyperscalers?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
We expect, in the short run, the demand to be driven by the international hyperscalers. But we are, at the same time, witnessing a good amount of Indian enterprises engaging in setting up private clouds, hybrid clouds, and also doing actively engaging in cloud repatriation as well. So in the short term, it will still be hyperscale driven, but over the medium and long term, we should see more Indian enterprise consumption act.
Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
And has the -- on the hyperscale side, has the demand -- has the demand broadened by the number of CSPs and other hyperscalers that are looking to grow into India? Or is it generally the same group of companies that you were seeing in your sales pipeline a year ago?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
It is generally the same. We are seeing one or two local service -- cloud service providers emerging, but they're still too small to recon for the scale at which the hyperscalers are operating.
Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
No, my question was on the international hyperscalers then. Is it the same group of --
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
It is the same.
Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
Okay. And then the -- there's a lot of -- I mean, just given that India is believed to have faster build times and lower barriers to entry, there seems to be continuing interest in terms of foreign capital getting into that segment of the market. So what are you seeing in terms of availability of resources, whether it's electricians, contractors, power, land, and then just overall pricing environment, how would you characterize that?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
It is pretty stable. The interest for capital providers continues to be there. And on the land, power, and the pricing part of it, we aren't seeing any material changes. It's pretty stable at this point in time.
Jonathan Atkin - RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
And then finally, the build times construction timelines, is that changed notably in the past 6 to 12 months?
M P Vijay Kumar - Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Yeah, it has improved compared to -- we all came back after COVID where it took a substantial amount of time due to supply chain constraints, but those are now behind, and there is marginal improvement. But given the fact that there is substantial demand for creating capacity, the time lines haven't changed materially, but they marginally improved.
Operator
(Operator Instructions)
We have reached the end of the question-and-answer session. And I will now turn the call over to Raju for closing remarks.
Raju Vegesna - Sify Technologies Limited - Chairman & Managing Director
Thank you all for your time on this call. Have a good day. Thank you.
Praveen Krishna - Sify Technologies Limited - Investor Relations & Public Relations
Thank you all for your time.
Operator
This concludes today's conference, and you may disconnect your lines at this time. Thank you for your participation.
Call participants:
Corporate ParticipantsPraveen Krishna, Sify Technologies Limited - Investor Relations & Public Relations
Raju Vegesna, Sify Technologies Limited - Chairman & Managing Director
M P Vijay Kumar, Sify Technologies Limited - Executive Director & Group CFO
Conference Call Participants
Greg Burns, SIDOTI & Company - Analyst
Jonathan Atkin, RBC Capital Markets - Analyst
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Q4 2025 Sify Technologies Ltd Earnings Call
Apr 21, 2025 / 12:30PM GMT
