Goyal Chairs CEO Roundtable To Ease Business For Data Centres, AI
The meeting signaled a government push to refine policy, streamline regulation, bolster digital infrastructure, attracting new investment in data centres and AI.
Overview
- On November 10, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal led a CEO roundtable focused on ease of doing business for the data centre and artificial intelligence sectors.
- The ministry said discussions targeted policy, regulatory processes and digital infrastructure to catalyse investment in next‑generation technologies.
- Attendee details were not disclosed, with reports offering no clarity on which CEOs or companies took part.
- Industry data highlight India’s cost advantage, with Mumbai ranked the second‑lowest‑cost region globally for data centre construction in 2025 by Turner & Townsend.
- Sector analyses report more than 260 operational facilities concentrated in metros, with Mumbai and Chennai near 70% of capacity, while projections suggest a rise from roughly 1.2 GW today to about 9 GW by 2032 and $30–45 billion in related capex, alongside mounting energy and water‑use concerns.