As per a new report, India’s colocation data centre industry is expected to double its capacity from 499 megawatts (MW) in the first half of 2021 to 1008 MW by 2023. This would lead to a requirement of over five million square feet of real estate.
The growth of data centres business attributes to the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP) which was finalised and adopted by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
The data protection bill is among the 26 listed for the winter session of Parliament. The PDP Bill mandates companies to store a copy of data locally and also prohibits the processing of critical personal data outside India.
The law would represent a major milestone for India’s colocation DC industry, which provides IT infrastructure for storage and computing requirements.
“The colocation industry is expected to benefit from the legislation due to the prerequisite for data storage in the country,” said Rachit Mohan, Head of Data Center Advisory, India.
The Centre has formulated a Data Centre Park Policy and the creation of four Data Centre Economic Zones that aims to make India the global DC hub.
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