Data nation: 9GW capacity seen by 2032 on $50 billion flows

Global hyperscalers and Indian conglomerates are set to invest more than $50 billion in the next five to seven years in the domestic data centre industry, taking total capacity to about 9 gigawatts (GW) from 1 GW now, fresh estimates by market research firms showed.

Real estate investment firm JLL expects staggered investment of $35-50 billion over next seven years, leading to a ninefold jump in overall capacity.

Jefferies expects India’s data centre capacity to reach 8 GW by 2030, led by surging data traffic, data localisation and AI use. This will…