Is India Building Enough To Power Its Digital Transformation

KEY INDUSTRY MILESTONES

Investment/ Acquisition in Data center space

Market activity/ partnership in Data center space

Administrative/Policy Update relevant to Data center

Over a short period of three years, a host of developments have happened in the DC space w.r.t. government policies, announcement of JV/JD platforms, entry of new players etc. The Indian DC ecosystem is fast becoming conducive for receiving mega investments into the sector.

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AUG 2020 Equinix enters India with GPX India acquisition aug 2020 2

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JAN 2021 UP cabinet approves UP data center policy- 2021

FEB 2021 Adani Enterprises and Edge Connex jointly develop data center business in India

JUL 2021 Brookfield Infrastructure with Digital Realty to form BAM realty

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JUL 2021 Yondr Group & Everstone Group announces Partnership

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APR 2022 Karnataka data center policy 2022 approved

FEB 2022 Data center gets ‘Infrastructure status’ in Union Budget ‘22

NOV 2021 Kotak Special Situation Fund Invests in Sify Group

NOV 2021 Tamil Nadu Data Centre Policy 2021 released

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JUN 2022 Carlyle Group acquired stake in Nxtra India

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FEB 2023 Union Budget ‘23 proposes to create ‘Data center Embassies”

JUN 2023 Iron Mountain takes stakes in Web Werks

JUN 2023 Lok Sabha passes Digital Data Protection Bill, 2023

NOV 2022 Amazon india launches

JAN 2023 Microsoft plans to set up 6 datacenters in India

AWS Services in Hyderabad india

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