Data centre capacities in India to rise six-fold in next six years: Icra

With investments worth Rs 1.5 trillion in the pipeline, the data centre (DC) capacity in India is expected to jump six-fold by 2028, rating agency Icra said on Tuesday. Mumbai, Hyderabad and the National Capital Region (NCR) will account for 70-75 per cent of the installed DC capacity.

The agency said that corporations like the Hiranandani Group, the Adani Group, the Reliance Group and foreign investors like Blackstone, CapitaLand, and Princeton Digital Group have started investing in the DCs. Along with these, captive consumers like Amazon and Microsoft are also investing in this field. The DC capacity is expected to