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India Poised to Grow as Global Hub for Data Centres: ASSOCHAM-EY Report

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Projected to grow to USD 8 billion market by 2026, India is poised to be a global hub for data centres focused on cloud computing and riding on technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics, an ASSOCHAM-EY report has pointed out.

Enabled by an ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship and policy support, the Indian data centre market had already touched USD 4.4 billion in 2020, the report said, adding the next decade would witness an unprecedented change and new emerging technologies in the field. Data centres in all forms, shapes, and roles —will continue to aid innovation and drive technology, leading to business transformation. ”As the country has the ability to leap directly into the multi-cloud age, India will be a main data centre growth hub for the next decade”, the report stated.

Currently, India has 80+ third-party data centres with a total count of approximately 130+, which is likely to increase exponentially in the upcoming years as the country strives to become a truly digital economy.

Deepak Sood, Secretary General at ASSOCHAM
Mr. Deepak Sood, Secretary General at ASSOCHAM

”India has been experiencing a massive digital transformation for the past few years. The surge in internet users, massive rise of startups, fast adoption of cloud computing, Government’s investment in the IT sector is some of the critical drivers of digital and economic growth, ” said ASSOCHAM Secretary General Mr. Deepak Sood.

The ASSOCHAM-EY report highlighted favorable market conditions such as low cost of internet and data plans and increasing demand hold potential for growth.

Interestingly, a connect is seen between the growth of data centres and a boost to the real estate sector. ”Data centres are also evolving as an alternate asset class for varying real estate portfolios. Hyperscale data centres are being developed by reputed Indian real estate developers in partnership with global operators. The real estate or the land cost for data centres is usually about 8 % to10 % of overall capital expenditure. Besides the metro cities, tier 2 and tier 3 cities are also emerging as drivers of the digital revolution.

The data centre market in India is witnessing healthy growth primarily due to availability of large hyper-scalers that have started outsourcing their storage needs to third-party data center providers.

 

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