Mumbai records highest supply increase in data centre capacity with 24% in Asia Pacific region, adds200MWin Q3 2021: Knight Frank
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Mumbai : International Property Consultants, Knight Frank, in their latest Data Centre Report 2021, published in partnership with leading data centre research and analytics platform – DC Byte, evidenced that the data centre market has experienced strong momentum in 2021. The report cited that Mumbai recorded the largest supply increase, with nearly 200MW added in Q3 2021, a 24% increase in one quarter. The colocation supply in Mumbai has increased significantly in the first three quarters of this year, and for the first time the city’s total IT capacity has crossed the gigawatt mark (alongside Shanghai and Tokyo in Asia Pacific) in Q3 2021. Total IT capacity in Mumbai jumped from 812MW in Q2 to 1,006MW in Q3.
The report also cited that the quarterly take-up of IT power in Mumbai has increased from 2.78MW in Q2 2021 to 6.42MW Q3 2021, the highest quarterly take-up on record.
SUPPLY AND TAKE-UP OF IT POWER IN MUMBAI:
The table depicts both, the quarterly take-up of colocation IT power, and the sum total of all of the IT power developed (including enterprise).
SUPPLY AND AVAILABILE IT POWER IN MUMBAI:
The chart below shows the total of all IT power built against the total IT power that is available.
The Indian data centre market currently houses an estimated 445 MW of critical IT capacity in the seven cities of Mumbai, NCR, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata. India being one of the most populated countries in the world, rising mobile penetration is leading to massive increase in data consumption along with large and growing base of global users for digital mediums such as social media applications, IOT devices and OTT, as well as gaming platforms.
Shishir Baijal, Chairman and Managing Director at Knight Frank India said, “Mumbai is amongst the top established datacentre hubs in the APAC region. As digital transformation accelerates amidst the 4th industrial revolution, demand for digital infrastructure such as data centres is certain to grow. The digital economy in India is estimated to grow to a staggering US$1 trillion by 2025; data centres constitute an integral part of this growth story, which has only gathered steam since the onset of the pandemic and its associated disruptions.”
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