India's Data Centre Boom Faces 'Invisible Ceiling' Despite Rapid Growth

• India's data centre sector is experiencing rapid growth, driven by digitization and AI, with capacity projected to reach 4 GW by 2030.
• Despite cost advantages over markets like the US and China, rising power infrastructure costs, land prices, and AI-ready deployments are increasing building expenses.
• The primary constraint is not capital but infrastructure readiness, particularly reliable power transmission and distribution, which lags behind generation capacity.
• Key markets like Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, and Bengaluru, accounting for 90% of tier-I capacity, face significant transmission bottlenecks.
• Solutions include real-time transmission capacity portals, dedicated data centre parks with pre-built electrical backbones, and on-site storage solutions.