The data centre capacity of India is expected to increase six-fold from around 1.5 Gigawatt (GW) in 2025 to 8-10 GW by 2030. As a direct result of it, the electricity consumption from the sector is also estimated to rise from 10-15 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 40-45 TWh by 2030, reported Financial Express.
According to Deloitte Asia Pacific’s Powering Asia Pacific’s Data Centre Boom report, this fast expansion will increase the share of data centres in India’s total electricity demand from around 0.8% right now to as much as 2.5–3% by the end of the decade. It will position the sector among the fastest-growing power consumers in the country.
The report has also warned of the fact that the power generation growth and grid readiness are already being outstripped by the pace of the new data centre because it is creating a widening energy supply gap that could end up being the biggest bottleneck for India’s digital and artificial intelligence ambitions.
23/02/2026