Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said India is a preferred destination for data centres as the country has no dearth of electricity and its 500GW national grid can take care of surge in demand.
During a press conference on energy sector, Goyal, former Power and New & Renewable Energy minister, said there is sufficient power capacity in the country.
He said that the 500GW grid is one of the largest in the world.
“…Europe does not have a national grid. Even the US does not have a national grid. But India has a national grid. So we are a preferred destination for data centres and as they are planning a growth in the years to come. There will be sufficient power available to make sure that we meet the need of our people, farmers, industry and commercial establishments including data centres and GCCs,” Goyal said.
This comes at a time when various tech giants including Google, Microsoft and AWS have evinced interest in investing in India.
In October, Google announced that it ..​Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said India is a preferred destination for data centres as the country has no dearth of electricity and its 500GW national grid can take care of surge in demand.
During a press conference on energy sector, Goyal, former Power and New & Renewable Energy minister, said there is sufficient power capacity in the country.
He said that the 500GW grid is one of the largest in the world.
“…Europe does not have a national grid. Even the US does not have a national grid. But India has a national grid. So we are a preferred destination for data centres and as they are planning a growth in the years to come. There will be sufficient power available to make sure that we meet the need of our people, farmers, industry and commercial establishments including data centres and GCCs,” Goyal said.
This comes at a time when various tech giants including Google, Microsoft and AWS have evinced interest in investing in India.
In October, Google announced that it .. ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
