India: Navigating a Growing Data Centre Market

The Indian data centre market has attracted significant interest from foreign investors.

This, in part, is due to the efforts of the Indian government to significantly improve the country’s IT infrastructure under the National Digital Transformation Programme, as well as recently-passed data localisation laws and the growth of the e-commerce and FinTech solutions sectors.

In this short guide, we share our insights on the key considerations for foreign investors pursuing data centre opportunities in India, such as structuring, financing (equity and debt) and regulatory considerations.

As investors, developers, contractors and operators in the digital infrastructure sector globally look to improve the sustainability of their digital infrastructure assets, demand will increase for businesses engaged in creating solutions for efficient data storage and management.