New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- India's data centre capacity has increased more than four-fold from 375 MW in 2020 to around 1,575 MW currently, driven by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada said the IndiaAI Mission is building a sovereign AI ecosystem while the government is putting in place measures to ensure the environmentally sustainable expansion of AI infrastructure and data centres.

"Data Centre industry in India has been growing at a steady pace and has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to current capacity of about 1575 MW. The rapid growth ...