Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: Driven by steep data usage and digital adoption, India is likely to see a five times rise in data center capacity expansion in years to come, a new report said on Thursday.
The country requires an additional 1.7-3.6 GW (gigawatt) data centre capacity over and above the planned development of 2.32 GW (colocation) capacity.
It is estimated that India will be adding 464 MW of new colocation data centre capacity each year until 2028, according to the report by Cushman and Wakefield. India’s colocation data centre capacity stood at 977 MW across the top seven cities in the second half of 2023.
About 258 MW of Colo capacity came in 2023 alone.
“This is a formidable number and surpassed the capacity addition in 2022 which stood at 126 MW, indicating a 105 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth,” the report mentioned.
