New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- India is projected to become the second-largest consumer of electricity for data centres in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region by 2030, according to a report by S&P Global.

This will place India ahead of countries like Japan and Australia in terms of data centre power demand, reflecting the rapid expansion of the country's digital infrastructure sector.

Currently, data centres in India account for about 0.84 per cent of the country's total electricity generation. By 2030, this share is expected to triple to 2.6 per cent, highlighting the increasing energy requirements of this industry.

In absolute terms, India's data centre power consumption is expected to grow more than four times - from 13 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2...