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Chemours. Data centres. The Ministry of Defence.

CHEMOURS DATA CENTRES DRDO 2 3 1 NAVIN ONE COMPANY IN ALL THREE
Navin3 of 3
SRF1 of 3
Guj Fluoro1 of 3
Aether1 of 3
Aarti
Acutaas
Deepak
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Chemours 2 · data centres 3 · DRDO 1

Three destinations run through these calls that appear in no published thesis about Indian chemicals. One company is in all three.

Chemours. The only outside company named more than once by anyone — twelve times at Navin, thirteen at SRF, never by the other six.

“We are the only supplier to Chemours… this is the only manufacturing site that Chemours has.” Anish Ganatra, Chief Financial Officer · Navin Fluorine · 5 August 2026 · on the two-phase cooling liquid

SRF is building Chemours a PTFE plant, and Chemours is directing it: “there are only specific manufacturers of that equipment in Europe that Chemours lets you work with” — Samir Kashyap, President and CFO, SRF, 23 July 2026.

Data centres. Navin, Gujarat Fluorochemicals and Aether. The other five never mention one. DRDO. Navin alone — “a critical TDF project”, bound by confidentiality, with “application beyond defense”.

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