The power ministry, along with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), is holding meetings with distribution utilities, transmission companies, and data centre developers to assess power supply requirements, transmission connectivity and infrastructure planning, the people said.
The ministry is supporting states in preparing infrastructure as more data centre projects are announced, one of the persons said. It is focusing on discussions around issues of grid and transmission for data centres. said an industry executive.
A latest report from KPMG said India’s data centre market is witnessing rapid capacity expansion, driven by strong digital demand tailwinds and a surge in infrastructure investments.
An estimated $90 billion opportunity is expected to emerge by FY35 across the end-to-end data centre value chain, according to the report.
ET previously reported that government has initiated an exercise to map countrywide projected power demand from upcoming data centres.