Digital Fortress: India’s 6.7 GW Data Centre Blueprint

According to Anarock Capital’s report Data Centre: The Blueprint of The Digital Fortress in India, the nation’s data centre real estate footprint is projected to expand nearly fourfold, growing from 27 million sq. ft. in H1 2026 to over 101 million sq. ft. by 2030. Backed by over US$ 300 billion in investment commitments, total IT capacity—which crossed 1.8 GW across 164 operational centres in H1 2026—is set to exceed 6.7 GW by 2030. Mumbai-MMR continues to dominate as India’s primary data centre hub with 54 facilities representing 812 MW of IT capacity, followed by Chennai (298 MW), Delhi-NCR (179 MW), Hyderabad (178 MW), and Bengaluru (137 MW). This rapid expansion is driven by cloud migration, soaring data consumption, digital payments, and artificial intelligence, which is actively reshaping next-generation facility design due to high computing and thermal management demands. Key regulatory tailwinds—including official infrastructure status offering 12-year loans at 9.5–10.5% interest rates, alongside a proposed tax holiday through 2047 for global cloud providers—are accelerating institutional capital flows. As the sector scales, future growth will heavily depend on power, land, and connectivity, unlocking multi-sector opportunities across industrial real estate, EPC, optical fibre networks, liquid cooling technologies, and renewable power grids.