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With India generating an estimated 20% of the world’s data, demand for digital infrastructure is accelerating rapidly. As one of the world’s fastest-growing data center markets, India is attracting major investment driven by AI adoption, data localization, cloud growth and 5G expansion, with a clear government push further strengthening this momentum through critical infrastructure recognition and long-term incentives in the Union Budget 2026. This episode explores how stakeholders can capitalize on this growth while navigating execution challenges around power availability, approval timelines and overall ecosystem readiness. We will discuss: 

• How recent national and state-level policy initiatives are shaping long-term investment decisions
• Why power availability, renewable energy, and execution speed are becoming decisive
• Examining the surge of domestic and international capital into the sector
• The evolution of Tier 1 markets like Mumbai and emerging hubs such as Pune and Hyderabad
• Where the next wave of growth lies, including AI-ready campuses and brownfield opportunities