{
  "id": 2346619,
  "title": "India Emerges As Top APAC Data Centre Market Outside China As Live IT Capacity Quadruples: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/india-emerges-as-top-apac-data-centre-market-outside-china-as-live-it",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T09:09:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/india-emerges-as-top-apac-data-centre-market-outside-china-as-live-it-capacity-quadruples-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi - India has become the leading data centre market in the Asia-Pacific region, outside of China, according to a recent report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (NEF). The country's live IT capacity has quadrupled in the past six years, reaching a total of 1.7 gigawatts (GW). There is significant potential for growth, with 1.3GW currently under construction and another 3.2GW in projects that have secured land, power, and permits.\n\nMumbai, located in the state of Maharashtra, is the primary hub for data centres in India, accounting for 55 percent of the country's total live capacity. Maharashtra is also the leading state for announced investment in data centres, with domestic conglomerates committing $210 billion, constituting 45 percent of the total announced investment.\n\nThe report highlights that strong scores in energy availability and fibre connectivity make India an attractive destination for building data centres in the APAC region. Global tech giants such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are the next-largest investors, with a combined $84 billion announced. A majority of the investments are targeted towards large hyperscale AI campuses.\n\nAccording to NEF, India's data centre electricity demand is expected to increase more than eightfold to 91 terawatt-hours in 2035 from 11 terawatt-hours in 2025. This is driven by the increasing number of hyperscale AI campuses and the focus of leading tech companies on achieving net-zero targets by 2030, which will lead to a rise in the utilization of renewable electricity.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: India has emerged as top data centre market in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), outside China, after its live IT capacity quadrupled over the past six years to 1.7 GW, a report showed on Friday. The country has a strong pipeline with 1.3GW under construction and another 3.2GW of projects that have secured the land, power and permits needed for construction, according to the report by…",
  "key_points": [
    "India is now top APAC data centre market outside China, with 1.7GW live capacity.",
    "Mumbai leads as hub, accounting for 55% of total capacity.",
    "Strong energy, fibre connectivity attract global tech giants."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}