AI-driven data centres to lift demand for gensets in India: Cummins

Engine and genset manufacturer Cummins Group is betting big on India’s data centre boom, with the 106-year-old US company expecting the country to emerge as one of the world’s fastest-growing data centre markets, on par with the US, China and Europe.

Shveta Arya, Cummins Group’s India region leader, said India was moving beyond data storage to power-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, increasing demand for reliable backup power.

“By nature, data centres – whether they store data or process it – require 99.99% uptime. Backup…