AI power play: How MTAR Technologies is fuelling the data center boom
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-led data center expansion is emerging as a structural demand driver across several industrial sectors, including power, clean energy and high-precision manufacturing. While the opportunity in India remains relatively small, the global market is already large and growing quickly, led by the US.
Power demand for data centres in the US is expected to more than double, from about 60 GW in 2025 to nearly 140 GW by 2030, driven mainly by AI-focused data centers. These facilities require significantly more – and uninterrupted – power than conventional data centres. In India, a different but important cycle is playing out.
Aerospace and defence, clean energy, and nuclear power are seeing faster growth on the back of defence modernisation, higher capital allocation, and a sustained push for indigenisation. Nuclear power is also emerging as a key growth vertical, with the Union Budget allocating ₹9,966 to the department of atomic energy for capital expenditure. These trends frame the growth trajectory of MTAR Technologies, which has seen its stock surge 116% over the past year.
MTAR is a precision engineering solutions provider with three core engines of growth. In FY25, clean energy (fuel cells, hydropower and others) accounted for the largest share of revenue at 61.7%. It was followed by aerospace & defence at 13.9%, products & others at 21.7%, and clean energy (civil nuclear) at 2.5%.
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