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Data centre power demand to rise 6 times by 2030, may strain Grid
Financial Express Bengaluru
|February 23, 2026
INDIA'S DATA CENTRE capacity is projected to surge nearly sixfold from about 1.5 GW in 2025 to 8-10 GW by 2030, while electricity consumption from the sector is expected to rise sharply from 10-15 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 40-45 TWh by 2030.
The rapid expansion will lift data centres’ share in India’s total electricity demand from around 0.8% currently to as much as 2.5—3% by the end of the decade, positioning the sector among the fastest-growing power consumers in the country, the Deloitte Asia Pacific’s Powering Asia Pacific’s Data Centre Boom report said. However, the report warned that the pace of new data centre construction is already outstripping power generation growth and grid readiness — creating a widening energy supply gap that could emerge as th
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