Data Centres and the Cloud
India's Data Centre Boom
How India's data centre capacity is growing rapidly, why demand is rising, and which companies are investing.
India’s data centre industry is growing fast.
Capacity
India’s data centre capacity grew to around 1 to 1.5 gigawatts by 2024-25, with plans to multiply it several times by 2030, according to industry estimates.
Why demand is rising
- Digital payments like UPI.
- Video streaming and social media.
- Cloud adoption by businesses and governments.
- AI workloads.
- Data localisation rules requiring some data to stay in India.
Investors
- Indian firms: Reliance, Adani (with EdgeConneX), Yotta (Hiranandani group) and CtrlS.
- Global firms: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and others.
- Real estate and infrastructure funds.
Cost advantage
India offers relatively lower land and construction costs, though power reliability varies.
Scale gap
Despite growth, India’s capacity is still small relative to its share of the world’s internet users.
A large data centre campus rises near Navi Mumbai, with multiple buildings and its own substation to serve cloud and AI clients.
Data centre capacity in India is growing rapidly.
- India's data centre capacity is growing rapidly.
- Payments, streaming, cloud and AI drive demand.
- Indian and global firms are investing.
- Capacity is still small relative to users.
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