New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- India continues to stand out as a strategic long-term growth market within Asia, supported by strong structural fundamentals, favourable demographics and rising digital adoption, according to HSBC's Investment Outlook Q1 2026-Resilience in a Transforming World.

The report highlights India's role as a key beneficiary of Asia's accelerating AI, data centre and digital infrastructure investment cycle, driven by rapid growth in cloud usage, competitive energy and labour costs, and expanding domestic demand for digital services.

HSBC notes that Asia, including India, is expected to lead global data centre capacity growth over the coming decade, with India attracting increasing interest from global hyperscalers due to po...