DHL Group, the German logistics company, is building a warehouse in Dholera, in the western state of Gujarat, to handle semiconductors. Mint reported that the facility will be the company’s first dedicated chip warehouse in India. It will sit close to the plant that Tata Electronics is building in Dholera, which the report describes as India’s first pure-play commercial chip fabrication plant. Gujarat is now home to a number of semiconductor factories including Micron Technology
Vikas Anand, managing director of DHL Supply Chain India, said in an interview that the company will start with an investment of $5.2 million at current exchange rates. The warehouse should open by August 2027. Anand said the company could raise that spending three or four times by 2030, to between $16 million and $21 million, depending on its customers’ expansion plans. The money comes from the $1.1 billion DHL Group pledged for India in November 2025. Of the $521 million earmarked for DHL Supply Chain India, 10% is meant for semiconductor customers.
Why chips need their own warehouse
Chip logistics demands clean-room standards for dust, humidity and temperature, floors that block static electricity, transport free of vibration, and tight security and tracking. Anand said fab equipment is the first cargo to arrive when a supply chain forms, and the machines are precise and sensitive. Most trucks in India use conventional suspension, so DHL imported air suspension systems from the United States and modified its trucks to carry the equipment. According to the report, DHL already runs some storage for semiconductor raw materials at its warehouses in Gujarat and Assam, in northeastern India. Anand said 5,000 DHL Supply Chain specialists worldwide work in the semiconductor sector, and that a team from India studied how the business runs in other Asian markets two years ago.
Anand does not expect domestic competition soon, given the specialized investment required, though he sees global rivals as a factor. “We have a head start over many Indian companies,” he said. DHL Supply Chain India reported $217 million in operating revenue for the fiscal year ending March 2025, according to company filings cited in the report, which makes it smaller than at least five logistics firms from India. Anand said semiconductors, data centers, electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels and other clean-energy work could together supply 20% of DHL’s revenue by 2030.
