New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Execution bottlenecks and supply-chain constraints could significantly slow India's data centre (DC) capacity expansion, limiting operational capacity to around 3 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 despite industry announcements targeting more than 6 GW, according to an Axis Capital report.

The report noted that while India's installed data centre capacity currently stands at around 1.4 GW, publicly announced expansion plans appear overly optimistic in view of execution challenges.

"Publicly-announced capacity targets of 6-8GW by 2030 look inflated; the expert's realistic estimate is 3.4-3.6GW cumulative operational DC capacity by mid-2030. On a more conservative basis... only ~2.8GW is likely to actually be operational by then...