As India becomes a data-driven economy, India's data center industry is growing rapidly and is expected to continue to do so in the coming years.

The data center market in India is expected to grow from $4.35 billion in 2021 to $10.09 billion by 2027. Data center capacity is expected to increase by 791 megawatts (MW) by 2026. The data center industry is expected to attract investments totaling $5.7 billion.

There is a surge in demand for cloud-based solutions, especially with the ongoing shift towards remote work and digitalization. Smaller cities are becoming more important for data center expansion. The demand for Indian data centers is expected to be in the range of 650-800 MW in 2024-26.

The data center industry will require an additional 10 million square feet of real estate space.

The Department for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a draft of regulatory framework recommendations to foster the growth of the data economy in India. Few of the Data centres are listed below -

• CtrlS based out of Hyderabad, CtrlS is one of the leading Rated-4 data centre companies in India.
• Sify Technologies Started In 1998, Sify Technologies was one of the first Indian ISPs.
• Yotta Part of the Hiranandani Group, Yotta has risen to become one of the largest data centre providers of India in recent years.
• STT GDC India STT GDC has over 100 data centres in more than 16 major global business markets including China, India, Singapore, UK and Thailand.
• NTT Netmagic Netmagic Solutions was founded in 2000 as India’s first pure-play private data centre service provider.

While large public cloud vendors made their entry into the country in the last decade, the data centre market is dominated by local names which may also be little known in the mainstream tech space. But they are creating a huge impact on the technology industry in India.