‘Data centre capacity in India to double by FY 2025’

The country’s data centre capacity is set to grow 2x by 2025 with some major cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore expected to witness supply addition of up to 40 per cent this year.

Consulancy firm CBRE in a report on Data Centre (DC) market while highlighting top trends that will shape the segment in 2020, said that Mumbai currently leads with 41 per cent data centre capacity, followed by Bangalore (17 per cent) and Delhi (16 per cent).

With growing digital consumption patterns such as online gaming, E-education, streaming, e-commerce, total internet hits etc, DC operators are expected to see a huge demand for data centre space, thereby scaling up their DC facilities quickly to serve Hyperscalers and enterprise clients.