Data centres may prove to be the next big opportunity in India

NEW DELHI: The business of setting up large data centres, trudging along nicely over the years, has picked up pace lately, with at least three major business groups announcing plans to enter this segment in the last four months alone, and established players going ahead with aggressive expansion plans of their own.

In July, the Adani group said it would invest up to Rs 70,000 crore to set up solar powered data parks in Andhra Pradesh.

This was followed by real estate major Hiranandani Group announcing a Rs 14,000 crore investment plan, and Reliance Industries partnering with Microsoft to provide cloud services to small and medium enterprises.