India’s digital economy is running on invisible engines: data centres. They are the “buildings” where the internet lives — where streaming, payments, cloud storage, and AI models are running every second. Every click, message, or transaction today passes through one of these massive facilities filled with servers, cooling systems, and uninterrupted power.

The scale of this opportunity is staggering: according to a Jefferies report, published in September 2025, India’s data-centre capacity is set to grow fivefold to 8 GW by 2030, supported by US $ 30 billion in capital expenditure and creating a revenue pool of nearly US $ 8 billion.

This boom has been triggered by exploding data traffic – up 30 times since FY17 – and policies mandating sensitive data to stay within Indian borders. As AI

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