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Can India's data centre boom be powered sustainably?
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What happened
India's installed data centre capacity has grown from around 375 megawatts in 2020 to roughly 1,575 megawatts now, driven largely by rising AI and cloud computing demand. This growth is concentrated in cities including Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Delhi NCR. Data centres typically need constant, reliable power that intermittent renewable sources alone cannot always guarantee, raising questions about how this expansion will be powered as it continues to scale.
What the evidence says
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Installed data centre capacity has grown roughly fourfold, from about 375 MW in 2020 to about 1,575 MW currently.
What's unclear
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Whether battery storage and grid investment will scale fast enough to keep this growth sustainable is still an open question.
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