Mumbai, Hyderabad lead the charge in AI data centre boom
Hyderabad are leading the charge for data centre investments as artificial intelligence is fuelling big expansion in the country with companies announcing huge plans recently, even as Chennai and Delhi-NCR remain the key markets.
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Existing data centre regions, connectivity, power supply, water supply, talent availability, seismic zone status, proximity to business hubs, government initiatives and latency requirements are among several factors working in favour of these two cities, analysts told ET.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) last week announced itsplan to invest $8.3 billion into cloud infrastructure in Mumbai. AWS is also investing Rs 60,000 crore in data centres in Hyderabad. CtrlS Datacenters, also last week, announced plans to set up a new data center park near Hyderabad with a potential IT load capacity of over 600 MW. Sify plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore towards the growth and expansion of data centres in India, while STT Global Data Centres India (STT GDC India) has signed an agreement with Telangana for a Rs 3,500 crore investment to develop a data centre campus in Hyderabad.
According to a report by Cushman and Wakefield, by 2028, India will have three times of its current installed capacity in data centres with a total IT load of 3.29 MW. Mumbai currently accounts for 54% of all existing installed
