India, Nov. 5 -- As the world races to harness the power of artificial intelligence, a new kind of war is beginning to unfold over AI infrastructure.

With the $254.5 Bn market for AI accelerating at 36.89% a year to scale $1.68 Tn in five years, it is making up a substantial chunk of the 402.74 Mn Terabytes of data that the world produces every day. One terabyte equals to 10 followed by 20 zeroes of bytes.

This is where infrastructure comes into play in a big way. AI data centres (DCs), the massive facilities that help store, train, and process data and AI models, have thrown up a $17.73 Bn opportunity that's expanding at nearly 27% annually.

India, with its digital economy making up 13.42% of the national income, leads the AI race in ...