Lok Sabha Question No. 4312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-18
Subject: Establishment of Data Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4312

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.03.2026

## ESTABLISHMENT OF DATA CENTERS

## † 4312. DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of the cities where investments have been made in the Data Centre industry in the country and their current operational capacity;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to establish any new international Sub-sea Gateways or if the private sector has been invited for the same and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the establishment of Data Centres in the country is likely to suffice the requirements of local digital services;
- (d) whether the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), had mandated the local storage of financial data in 2018;
- (e) if so, whether adequate Data Centre capacity is available in the country for this purpose; and
- (f) the details of policy of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

(a) and (c): In line with Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's vision, the Government is democratising the development and usage of technology.

The focus is facilitating establishment of data centres in the country which will help strengthen digital infrastructure and improve delivery of digital services across various sectors.

Data Centre industry in India is growing at a steady pace. Data centre capacity in the country has grown from 375 MW in 2020 to more than 1500 MW till 2025.

Data centres are spread across the country and as per industry sources major capacity is in following cities:

|   Sl. No. | City                 |   Operational Capacity (in Megawatt) |
|-----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|         1 | Mumbai / Navi Mumbai |                                  790 |
|         2 | Chennai              |                                  305 |

|   3 | Bengaluru             |   182 |
|-----|-----------------------|-------|
|   4 | Hyderabad             |   152 |
|   5 | Delhi-NCR/Noida       |    76 |
|   6 | Other (Pune, Kolkata) |    15 |

Four  (4)  submarine  cable  systems  are  currently  under  being  commissioned  at  various  Cable Landing Stations (CLS) by different Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).

The details are placed at Table-1 of Annexure-I .

Further,  three  (3)  submarine  cable  systems  are  under  planning  by  various  TSPs  for  which applications have been submitted to DoT.

The details are placed at Table-2 of Annexure-I and as on date, Government is not planning to establish new Sub-Sea Gateways.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a circular DPSS. CO.OD. No 2785/06.08.005/2017-18 dated 6th April 2018 & FAQs thereto dated 26.06.2019 on 'Storage of Payment System Data' advising all system providers to ensure that the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them is stored in a system only in India.

The policies of the Government of India are aimed at ensuring a safe, trusted and accountable cyberspace with sufficient data storage capacity within country.

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Table-1: List of Submarine Cable Systems

|   Sl No. | Name of the Submarine Cable System   | Name of the Telecom Service Provider   | Location of the Cable Landing Station (CLS)   | Status              |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | India Europe Xpress (IEX)            | M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL)   | Mumbai (Maharashtra)                          | Under commissioning |
|        2 | SEA-ME-WE-6                          | M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd (BAL)            | Mumbai (Maharashtra), Chennai (Tamil Nadu)    | Under commissioning |
|        3 | 2Africa                              | M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd (BAL)            | Mumbai (Maharashtra)                          | Under commissioning |
|        4 | Raman Cable                          | M/s Sify Technologies Ltd (Sify)       | Mumbai (Maharashtra)                          | Under commissioning |

## Annexure-I

## Table-2: List of planned Submarine Cable Systems

|   Sl No. | Name of the Submarine Cable System   | Name of the Telecom Service Provider   | Location of the Cable Landing Station (CLS)   | Status                                         |
|----------|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Wyasa Cable System                   | M/s Tata Communications Ltd (TCL)      | Chennai (Tamil Nadu)                          | Under planning. Application has been submitted |
|        2 | Indian Ocean Cable (IOC)             | M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL)   | Raigad (Maharashtra)                          | Under planning. Application has been submitted |
|        3 | WABANCable System                    | M/s Sify Technologies Ltd (Sify)       | Mumbai (Maharashtra)                          | Under planning. Application has been submitted |

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