CBRE: India Rises as Attractive Market for Data Centre Investment
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CBRE reported that India is emerging as a highly attractive data centre market in the Asia-Pacific region. This favorable positioning is attributed to lower power, cost, and labor constraints compared to other major economies. The country's live data centre capacity stood at around 1,700 MW at the end of 2025, with nearly 500 MW expected to be added in 2026 alone.
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Why it matters
The shift is being driven by rising demand from hyperscalers, artificial intelligence workloads, Neocloud operators, Global Capability Centres, and enterprise users. India was rated 'Low' across all development bottleneck parameters, including power constraints, construction costs, skilled labor shortages, and environmental risks.
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How it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Sify and CtrlS inaugurated a Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute, amid sector-wide profitability declines.Sub-event
- Amazon and Google benefit from cheap data and compute infrastructure in India.Sub-event
- Amazon proposed a data centre project in Thane, India.Sub-event
- Mumbai is identified as the data centre capital of India, hosting the majority of the country's AI infrastructure.Sub-event
CBRE rates India favorably for data centre investments, citing lower operational costs and rising AI/hyperscaler demand.1 source