India a preferred destination for data centres, no shortage of power: Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said India is a preferred destination for data centres as the country has no dearth of electricity and its 500GW national grid can take care of surge in demand.

During a press conference on energy sector, Goyal, former Power and New & Renewable Energy minister, said there is sufficient power capacity in the country.

He said that the 500GW grid is one of the largest in the world.

“…Europe does not have a national grid. Even the US does not have a national grid. But India has a national grid. So we are a preferred…