India emerges as strategic long-term growth market amid Asia’s AI and infrastructure boom: HSBC Outlook

India continues to stand out as a strategic long-term growth market within Asia, supported by strong structural fundamentals, favourable demographics and rising digital adoption, according to HSBC’s Investment Outlook Q1 2026-Resilience in a Transforming World.

The report highlights India’s role as a key beneficiary of Asia’s accelerating AI, data centre and digital infrastructure investment cycle, driven by rapid growth in cloud usage, competitive energy and labour costs, and expanding domestic demand for digital services.

HSBC notes that Asia,…