Overview
- Knight Frank’s 2025 data show India’s live data centre capacity reached about 1.6 GW and cumulative colocation leasing crossed 2.06 GW while AI‑linked leasing hit roughly 348 MW.
- Committed and early‑stage projects now top roughly 8 GW, a pipeline driven by hyperscalers, cloud firms and enterprise AI needs that seek higher power density and advanced cooling.
- Mumbai still supplies nearly half of live capacity, but Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru and emerging sites such as Visakhapatnam and Jamnagar are winning large campus projects and hyperscaler investment.
- Industry advisers including KPMG warn the main constraints are execution and operations complexity plus transmission shortfalls, and reports highlight the need for steady low‑carbon baseload such as nuclear to keep emissions down.
- The market is shifting from simple real‑estate builds to integrated tech infrastructure that links power sourcing, cooling systems, procurement and 24/7 operations while creating local jobs and raising pressure on regional grids.