Page 24 - Datacenter Edition 2022
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Read excerpts of his interview below.
What Triggered the Growth of Factors that contributed to the Trends & Challenges Galore
DCs in India? surge in the demand for In terms of trends, we are
Hyperscale data centers: currently witnessing the
During the pandemic and the emergence of the following:
post-pandemic period, India Increasing cloud adoption Green Data centers
witnessed a massive adoption of Increased adoption of emerging AI-Enabled and Driven
digital transformation and smart technologies
devices that triggered the growth Businesses looking for Agility, Data Localization
of the data center market in the Scalability, and Speed Edge Connectivity
country. Increased usage of Big data Hyperscale data centers
and distributed systems
Factors Contributing to the Growing demand for colocation Wider Geographic Coverage
Rise of DCs in India services from the hyperscale cloud Hybrid Computing Models
India's cost advantage segment
Skilled resources availability Increased demand from content Integration
Government stability and support providers and OTT players 5G connectivity
Less climate risk Data localization requirements
Rapidly growing digitization Businesses shifting from the captive On the other hand, the DC industry is
Emerging technologies establishment to colocation data dealing with the below-mentioned
(IoT, 5G, AI/ML, etc.) centers challenges:
Increase in remote working DC Captive intensive
s Accelerating the Growth of
Increased trends of businesses the Digital Economy Environmental concerns
moving away from maintaining
captive data centers Data centers are helping to boost The paucity of adequate
Large global players increasing the digital economy remarkably. infrastructure
investments in setting up data The world is relying heavily on Policy and regulatory issues
centers in India Skillsets inadequacy
digital services nowadays, which
Hyperscale Datacenters on has further transformed and led Capacity planning
the Rise to the proliferation of the digital Real-time reporting
economy. Security and compliance issues
According to a market report, the Competition
Hyperscale Datacenter market is Data centers are expected to
expected to grow to USD 285.63 enable India's trillion-dollar DC Market Future Predictions
Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR digital economy growth. Presently, the DC sector in India is
of 20.76%. The future of data The exponential increase of demonstrating exponential
centers is hyperscale. cloud adoption, internet users, growth and will continue to rise
m u l t i p l e s t a r t - u p s , t h e further. Many new players will
Hyperscale data centers provide government's IT-friendly policies, enter in the future, and the data
the storage, power, and cooling b u s i n e s s e s s h i f t i n g f r o m center market, valued at $4.35
technology required for large maintaining captive data billion in 2021, will likely reach
operating servers along with the centers to colocation services, $10.09 billion by 2027. The DC
latest security and compliance national 5G rollout, and the entry s e g m e n t w i l l r e a c h 2 , 2 0 0
of many new players in the data
systems that smaller companies center space, are some of the key thousand square feet by 2027 in
may not be able to afford. drivers of this growth. terms of area.
June 2022
