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Over 45 new data centres to come up in India by 2025, says report

Plans have been drawn up for over 45 DCs spanning 13 mn sq ft and 1,015 Mw of IT capacity that will come up in India by end-2025

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Top priorities of IT professionals are to bring in operational efficiencies and cost savings to their DCs

Shivani Shinde
India is on the cusp of a data centre (DC) revolution. Once a small, fragmented industry, colocation DCs are fast transitioning into a large, potentially consolidated industry. Buoyed by the growing demand, plans have been drawn up for over 45 DCs spanning 13 mn sq ft and 1,015 Mw of IT capacity that will come up in India by end-2025, reveals the ANAROCK-Binswanger report, Under the Lens: India’s Data Centre Explosion.

India’s data consumption

  1. 17 GB Data consumption per user per month in 2022, up from 1.24 GB in Q2 2017
  2. 50 GB Estimated average traffic per month per smartphone in 2027 (almost

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