Data centres lean on green power as net connectivity in India spikes

Green is crucial as data centres are energy guzzlers, with the largest of them said to require more than 100 Mw of capacity, enough to power 80,000 US households

As the number of internet connected devices grows in the country and as more and more services are made available on the internet, the need for building digital infrastructure is becoming crucial. And the foundation of this digital infrastructure is reliable data centres.

In the recent past, data centres have managed to grab the attention of both private players and the government, with the sector seeing exponential growth in India. According to Knight Frank’s Q3 2021 Data Center report, the Indian data centre market