Data centre capacity in the country has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to more than 1500 MW

• Data centres = facilities housing servers, storage, networking for hosting/processing digital workloads; classified as critical digital infrastructure by MeitY.
• India's installed DC capacity has quadrupled in five years — from ~375 MW (2020) to >1500 MW (2025) — reflecting cloud, AI, data-localisation and 5G demand.
• Nodal ministry: Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY); sector spans Prelims (S&T, Economy) and Mains GS-III (infrastructure, cyberspace).