<p>Bengaluru: India’s data centre market is projected to rise to a total capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) by 2026, according to a report by property consultants Anarock out on Friday.</p>.<p>This projection comes amidst reports of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries planning to construct the world’s largest data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.</p>.<p>Ambani is targeting 3 GW – higher than India’s entire projected capacity.</p>.Mukesh Ambani plans world’s biggest data centre in India.<p>In 2024, India witnessed an absorption of 407 megawatts (MW) of IT (information technology) capacity and the addition of 191 MW of IT capacity across key cities in 2024 according to another report by real estate advisory firm Savills India, also out on Friday. This brought the existing capacity in MW IT to 1,110 as of 2024.</p>.<p>Here, MW IT capacity is the metric to measure any absorption that happens in a data centre.</p>.<p>In addition to this, there is nearly 525 MW capacity under various phases of construction across top cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, said Anarock.</p>.<p>In 2025, the market is likely to witness a total capacity addition of over 600 MW IT and absorption of over 450 MW IT, added Savills.</p>.<p>Between 2024 and 2030, data centre stock is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% to reach 3,400 MW IT.</p>.<p>In market size, the India data centre market is expected to be valued at $11.6 billion by 2032, as per Anarock.</p>.<p>Edge data centre facilities are expected to be set up closer to end-users and devices generating data.</p>.<p>Tier-II and tier-III cities such as Bhubaneswar, Patna, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kochi, Vizag, Coimbatore, Madurai, Raipur, and Hubli will also see such edge facilities, said Srihari Srinivasan, director and lead data centre services, Savills India.</p>.<p>Driving the demand for data centres in India are factors such as the increasing adoption of cloud computing as well as the expansion of big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and AI.</p>.<p>In addition to this, sectors such as e-commerce, BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), IT and IT-enabled services, and service sectors, heavily rely on data centre operators for colocation and related services.</p>.<p>Coming to the realty impact, in 2024, over 200 acres of land were acquired in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru, highlighted Savills. Mumbai accounted for 53% of the total absorption.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: India’s data centre market is projected to rise to a total capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) by 2026, according to a report by property consultants Anarock out on Friday.</p>.<p>This projection comes amidst reports of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries planning to construct the world’s largest data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat.</p>.<p>Ambani is targeting 3 GW – higher than India’s entire projected capacity.</p>.Mukesh Ambani plans world’s biggest data centre in India.<p>In 2024, India witnessed an absorption of 407 megawatts (MW) of IT (information technology) capacity and the addition of 191 MW of IT capacity across key cities in 2024 according to another report by real estate advisory firm Savills India, also out on Friday. This brought the existing capacity in MW IT to 1,110 as of 2024.</p>.<p>Here, MW IT capacity is the metric to measure any absorption that happens in a data centre.</p>.<p>In addition to this, there is nearly 525 MW capacity under various phases of construction across top cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, said Anarock.</p>.<p>In 2025, the market is likely to witness a total capacity addition of over 600 MW IT and absorption of over 450 MW IT, added Savills.</p>.<p>Between 2024 and 2030, data centre stock is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% to reach 3,400 MW IT.</p>.<p>In market size, the India data centre market is expected to be valued at $11.6 billion by 2032, as per Anarock.</p>.<p>Edge data centre facilities are expected to be set up closer to end-users and devices generating data.</p>.<p>Tier-II and tier-III cities such as Bhubaneswar, Patna, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kochi, Vizag, Coimbatore, Madurai, Raipur, and Hubli will also see such edge facilities, said Srihari Srinivasan, director and lead data centre services, Savills India.</p>.<p>Driving the demand for data centres in India are factors such as the increasing adoption of cloud computing as well as the expansion of big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and AI.</p>.<p>In addition to this, sectors such as e-commerce, BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), IT and IT-enabled services, and service sectors, heavily rely on data centre operators for colocation and related services.</p>.<p>Coming to the realty impact, in 2024, over 200 acres of land were acquired in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru, highlighted Savills. Mumbai accounted for 53% of the total absorption.</p>