The country’s installed data centre capacity is expected to grow more than fourfold from 1.5 GW in 2025 to 6.5 GW by 2030, indicating the country’s emergence as one of the world’s fastest-growing digital infrastructure markets. The expansion is being fuelled by surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, data localisation requirements, digital payments, 5G adoption and enterprise digital transformation, according to the latest Rubix Industry Insights – Data Centres (July 2026) report.
The report noted that data centre capacity in India has already expanded significantly over the past five years, rising from around 375 MW in 2020 to 1.5 GW in 2025. Looking ahead, it expects capacity to touch 6.5 GW by 2030, while some industry estimates project an even higher range of 8 GW to 13 GW by 2031, reflecting the strong momentum in investments and demand for digital infrastructure. India added 387 MW of IT capacity in 2025, more than double the 191 MW added in 2024, marking a 103% year on year increase.
According to Rubix, India is rapidly strengthening its position as a strategic digital infrastructure hub in the Asia Pacific region. The report attributes this growth to increasing investments by global hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, alongside rising enterprise adoption of AI, cloud services, digital payments, ecommerce, OTT platforms and supportive government policies. It also highlights that while the country generates nearly 20% of the world’s data, it currently accounts for only 3% to 4% of global installed data centre capacity, leaving significant room for future expansion.
The report further pointed out that India already ranks as the seventh largest country globally by the number of data centre facilities, with Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Chennai accounting for nearly 65% of the country’s operational data centres. At the same time, a robust investment pipeline, estimated at around $90 billion, is expected to support the next phase of growth as developers build AI-ready and hyperscale facilities across both established metro hubs and emerging cities.
