Data Centre

India's data centre market is projected to grow sharply on rising AI workloads, cloud adoption and digital consumption, with strong investment flows and capacity expansion across key markets

RMZ Group plans $35 billion investment across data centres, AI infrastructure and real estate, while exploring IPO to fund long-term growth

Equinix launches MB3 in Mumbai with $95 million investment, boosting capacity to support AI, cloud and digital infrastructure demand in India

As billions flow into AI data centres, insurers are turning to hedge funds and private investors through catastrophe bonds to help cover disasters, cyber attacks and other risks

AI inferencing will be the key driver of data centre demand in India, overtaking LLM training as companies scale AI applications, says Iron Mountain CEO Rajesh Tapadia

Consortium investment to value Nxtra at $3.1 billion as Airtel scales AI-ready data centres and targets 1 GW capacity amid rising demand for digital infrastructure

HFCL plans ₹800-900 crore expansion in fibre and defence as data centre demand surges, while navigating supply risks and boosting exports

Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart is also engaged in talks with the tycoon and the Adani Group is exploring sites across Indian states for the centres

ABB India share: Capacity expansion and new R&D labs should enhance technological capabilities, support export opportunities, and improve long-term growth visibility, says ICICI Securities.

Rising data consumption and the rollout of smart cities will drive demand for data centres in India, even as their energy use remains a small share of the overall power ecosystem

The reductions being planned are expected to be wider-reaching than the company's typical rolling job cuts

"We are having discussions with multiple other hyperscalers," said Chief Executive Officer K Krithivasan during an interview at the company's offices in London.

Centre says new voluntary BIS standards for data centres, cloud systems and AI ethics will help prevent low-quality imports, align India with global norms

Micron's Sanand ATMP plant signals progress, but India's semiconductor ambitions hinge on scaling fabrication, talent, and supply-chain depth beyond mature nodes

Owais Mohammed of Western Digital forecasts strong growth for India's storage and data centre business, driven by AI workloads, hyperscalers, and government incentives for long-term investment

Sterlite Technologies rallied 9% to ₹172.65 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade in an otherwise weak market, and quoted at its highest level since September 2023.

India will need to prioritise building its own foundational artificial intelligence (AI) models and strengthen data sovereignty safeguards to reduce dependence on foreign technologies, experts said.

India will need to factor in the green energy component in its data centre policy framework as the country’s ever-expanding digital footprint

As AI drives power-hungry data centres, experts urge India to embed renewable and green norms into its data centre policy to ensure sustainable digital growth

There are reasonable questions that must be asked alongside this understandable enthusiasm. The availability of water and electricity, for example, looms large in any discussion on data centres