Smaller cities are stealing the show in data centre expansion
India’s fast-expanding data centre industry is evolving beyond traditional hubs like Mumbai and Chennai, and expanding to emerging hotspots such as Kochi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Patna and Visakhapatnam as companies look to serve a growing but distributed user base across the country, executives from top companies said.
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Leading firms like Airtel’s Nxtra, NTT and CtrlS also see particular opportunities in the eastern corridor, viewing it as a springboard to market expansion across Southeast Asia.
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Proximity to customers in these areas allows for faster response times and reduced latency for time-sensitive applications, he said, adding that tier-2 locations typically have cheaper land and construction costs than major cities, leading to
