India’s data centre capacity hits new high as AI powers a 4x boom
India has emerged as the most attractive data centre market among 10 Asia-Pacific markets outside China, with its live IT capacity quadrupling in six years to 1.7 gigawatts (GW), according to a Times of India report which cited BloombergNEF. The country also has another 1.3 GW under construction and 3.2 GW of projects that have secured land, power and permits, putting India at the centre of the region’s next data infrastructure buildout.
India scored 73 in BloombergNEF’s assessment, ahead of Indonesia at 68, Japan at 63 and Singapore at 62. The ranking considers factors including energy availability, land, taxes, fibre connectivity and existing live capacity. BloombergNEF said India’s strong scores on energy availability and fibre connectivity make it an attractive destination for data centre development in Asia-Pacific.
