en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 25, a relevant person in charge at France's Schneider Electric stated that, driven by the growing demand for AI-ready infrastructure, the company expects its India data center business to grow faster than its overall business performance in India over the next 4 to 5 years. This business currently accounts for approximately 15% to 20% of Schneider Electric's India operations and maintains double-digit growth.
The Indian data center market is entering a new cycle of expansion. Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, enterprise digitalization, and local data processing demands are collectively raising the configuration requirements for server rooms, power supply, cooling, power distribution, and energy efficiency management systems. Schneider Electric provides products such as uninterruptible power supplies, switchgear, power distribution units, precision cooling, and energy management software for data centers, covering critical infrastructure segments from power supply and heat dissipation to software and services. As AI training, inference, and enterprise-level applications increase, data centers are no longer just about server and rack construction; stable power supply, thermal management, power quality, and operational efficiency are becoming core constraints for project implementation.
Sumati Sahgal, a relevant head of Schneider Electric's Secure Power and Data Center business, stated that data centers and grid modernization will be among the company's strongest growth themes in India. India's data center capacity is currently about 1.5 gigawatts and could rise to 6 to 7 gigawatts by 2030, with investment scope also expanding from major hubs like Mumbai and Chennai to regions such as Gujarat and Rajasthan.
This wave of expansion is also changing the demand structure of India's data center industry chain. Hyperscale cloud service providers, colocation data center operators, and enterprise customers require more complete infrastructure solutions. Project procurement is not just focused on single pieces of equipment but simultaneously involves power supply and distribution systems, cooling systems, monitoring software, energy efficiency controls, and long-term operation and maintenance services. For electrical and automation companies like Schneider Electric, AI infrastructure investment channels traditional power equipment demand into digital infrastructure construction scenarios, giving the data center business higher growth elasticity compared to conventional electrical businesses.
India is also becoming a consumption and manufacturing hub for data center power and cooling equipment. Schneider Electric stated that it has achieved local manufacturing for some products in the country, which helps respond more quickly to data center project construction and customer customization needs. Schneider Electric has previously advanced the integration of its Indian operations, and India is one of its key global markets. Related investments will further enhance its synergy capabilities in the local electrical infrastructure, automation, and data center ancillary equipment sectors.
As AI applications expand, data center construction in India places higher demands on power capacity, stability, and energy efficiency. Schneider Electric's judgment on the growth rate of its India data center business indicates that AI infrastructure construction is being transmitted to power equipment, cooling systems, energy management software, and local manufacturing segments. The expansion of the data center industry will also continue to drive the upgrade of India's digital infrastructure supply chain.
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