Data centre capacity in the country is expected to double in the next three years, from nearly 0.9 gigawatt (GW) in 2023 to ~2 GW in 2026, according to CareEdge Ratings.
This additional capacity built up has an estimated capex requirement of Rs 50,000 crore in the next three years, the rating firm said in a report.
As per the report, India has a data centre capacity share of only 3% globally despite generating 20% of the global data. While mobile data usage in India is highest globally when compared with exabytes usage per month.
Puja Jalan, associate director, CareEdge Ratings said, “The growth plans has also created substantial investment prospects. However, the project execution challenges, in terms of land and equipment availability and management of vendor ecosystem needs to be addressed for the fructification of the planned capacity addition…
