Data centre capacity in the country has increased from about 375 MW in 2020 to around 1500 MW by 2025

• India's installed data centre (DC) capacity quadrupled from ~375 MW (2020) to ~1500 MW (2025), anchoring the country's digital infrastructure stack for cloud, 5G, and AI workloads.
• DC growth is now tightly coupled with the IndiaAI Mission's compute layer — 38,231 GPUs onboarded via 14 empanelled service providers at a subsidised ₹65/hour (~1/3 of global average).
• UPSC relevance: cross-cuts GS-III (Infrastructure, IT, AI), digital sovereignty, data protection (DPDP Act 2023) and energy/water sustainability debates.