New Delhi, March 11 -- The data centre business in India is expanding, supported by internet/data usage and data localisation initiatives, asserted rating agency ICRA.

Rapid digitisation and favourable regulatory regime to propel demand for data centres in India.

ICRA expects India's data centre (DC) operational capacity to increase to 2,000-2,100 MW by March 2027 from around 1,150 MW as of December 2024, involving investment of Rs 40,000-45,000 crore in 2025-26 and 2026-27.

Further, established data centre players and new players, which have entered this sector in the last 3-4 years, have a development pipeline of 3.0-3.5 GW to be delivered in the next 7-10 years, involving significant investments of Rs 2.0-2.3 lakh crore.

Increasing...