India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In line with Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision, the Government is democratising the development and usage of technology.
Data centres are an important & integral component of the overall Digital India Infrastructure ecosystem. The Data Centre industry in India has been growing at a steady pace. The rapid growth of AI and high-performance computing is driving increasing demand for data centre capacity in the country.
Data centres are located across the country majorly in areas such as Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Jamnagar. The installed capacity has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to current capacity of about 1575 MW.
The Data Centre industry is now further expanding in States like Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & West Bengal which are coming up as new investment destinations.
The current data centres capacity across the country is less than 1% of the current installed power capacity. As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power (MoP), the power demand of data centres is estimated to be about 17 GW up to 2031-32.
Energy Efficiency & Water Conservation
Industry is also deploying high density racks to efficiently support high-performance computing & AI workloads for further reduction of power and water consumption.
These initiatives collectively provide a framework for electricity consumption and energy efficiency, renewable energy use, energy reuse, cooling efficiency, carbon emissions and water usage.
This information was submitted by Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Shri Jitin Prasada in Rajya Sabha on 07.08.2026.
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