Business continuity, employee health & digital connectivity fuel demand for data centres

India’s co-location data centre industry witnessed an unprecedented absorption of 102 MW in 2020 as Covid-19 fuelled an unparalleled demand for internet connectivity — both on the professional and personal front. Property consultant JLL India expects this increasing demand to offer a greenfield development opportunity of 6 million sq ft to the real estate sector by 2023.

“India’s data centre sector will require investment of $3.7 billion (around Rs 27,000 crore) over the next three years in order to fulfill the 6-million sq ft greenfield development opportunity for the industry,” JLL India said in a report.