While cloud computing, AI, and IoT are often credited with driving data growth, Sanjay Motwani offers a deeper insight: cloud is not the cause, it’s the result of a larger behavioral and infrastructural shift. Sanjay identifies three key pillars fueling India’s data explosion:
The Digital Economy: India’s aggressive push toward digitalization, through government initiatives and private sector innovation, has led to massive volumes of data creation. This forms the foundational engine of demand.
Network Infrastructure: High-speed, low-cost internet access across both urban and rural areas has democratized connectivity. “Even in remote villages, people stream YouTube on mobile phones,” notes Sanjay, pointing to a nationwide digital transformation at scale.
Consumer Behavior: Indians spend 4–7 hours daily on mobile devices, creating and consuming digital content. With over 1 billion people online and generating data, the scale of this behavior is redefining how infrastructure must respond.
Priya emphasizes that sectors such as BFSI, IT, and e-commerce rely heavily on robust data ecosystems, making scalable and secure data centers essential. However, despite generating 20% of the world’s data, India accounts for just 3% of global data center capacity, a gap that presents an unparalleled opportunity.
