India Can Be Key APAC Data Center Hub with Renewables: Deloitte Report

• Deloitte report highlights India's potential as a leading APAC data center hub, contingent on resolving power and grid challenges and integrating renewables.
• Despite accounting for 20% of global data consumption, India hosts less than 5% of the world's data centers, indicating significant growth opportunity.
• Structural advantages like lower costs, competitive power tariffs, and a large AI-skilled workforce, coupled with policy support, position India favorably.
• India's data center capacity is projected to expand from 1.5 GW in 2025 to 8-10 GW by 2030, with AI-driven expansion sharply increasing electricity demand.
• Deloitte recommends accelerating renewable integration, upgrading transmission networks, standardizing state policies, and incentivizing decentralized renewable models to achieve sustainable AI infrastructure.