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Data Centres
Data Centre Surge: Key growth drivers and investment trends
The Indian data centre (DC) market is experiencing significant growth, driven by factors such as data localisation requirements, affordable data plans, adoption of emerging technologies, widespread use of budget-friendly smartphones and a rapidly expanding user […]
Construction in India
Roadmap to Sustainability: Initiatives driving advancements in the construction sector
The Indian construction sector, the country’s economic engine, has progressed significantly over the past few years. The sector is currently the third largest in the world. With the launch of the ambitious National Infrastructure Pipeline, […]
Oil & Gas
Energy Transition Roadmap: Towards a gas-based economy
The Government of India has a vision to increase the share of natural gas in the primary energy mix from 6 per cent to 15 per cent by 2030. The objective is to diversify primary […]
Perspectives
Views of Ashwini Vaishnaw: “The aim is to develop infrastructure for the next 50 years”
The railways play a critical role in India’s transportation sector. The country’s rail network is one of the largest, most extensive and busiest in the world. Over the years, several key reforms and initiatives have […]
Railways
Growth Track: Changes and challenges for Indian Railways
Indian Railways (IR) has been changing over the years, although the pace of change may not be in line with customer expectations and global technologies. Taking a 25-year perspective, I see the standardisation of broad […]
Oil & Gas
Positive Prospects: Policy support fuels sector growth
Continued policy support has strongly contributed to the growth of the oil and gas sector. Upstream initiatives have improved domestic production in the past few years. Meanwhile, the city gas distribution (CGD) network has expanded […]
Industry Speak
Deepening the Market: Gas exchanges could be a game changer in the CGD sector’s growth
The downstream city gas distribution (CGD) business has gained significant momentum, focused on improving the availability of compressed natural gas (CNG) for the transport sector and piped natural gas (PNG) for the domestic, industrial and […]
Infrastructure Finance
Growing Investments: Sector experiences a wave of M&A activity
Agility and adaptation are key to remaining relevant in a constantly changing financing landscape. In order to survive, many Indian businesses are entering new markets via acquisitions, divestitures and fundraising. This has resulted in a […]
Telecom
Agile Networks: Edge data centres gain traction
In today’s 5G era, edge data centres have emerged as the next big thing to support a complete ecosystem of 5G networks. Edge data centres, which are small facilities located close to a public area, […]
Oil & Gas
Expanding Operations: THINK Gas plans Rs 20 billion investment over the next five years
With the city gas distribution (CGD) sector expected to witness significant growth in the years to come, THINK Gas Distribution Private Limited has plans to expand operations with the aim of becoming one of the […]
Data Centres
Growing Space: Data centre market presents a host of opportunities for stakeholders
The data centre market is growing very rapidly, both globally and domestically. The global data centre market is poised for growth, driven by the adoption of disruptive technologies. The global installed data centre capacity in […]
Data Centres
Hyperscale Facilities: Demand surge expected as businesses become more technology-driven
Demand for hyperscale data centres has been witnessing a substantial increase in recent times as more businesses move their IT infrastructure to the cloud. Hyperscalers are recognising this increased demand and the potential that the data […]
Data Centres
Digital Infrastructure: Solutions for improving the nascent but growing data centre sector
T.R. Dua, Director General, Digital Infrastructure Providers Association The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a huge surge in data growth, primarily because of activities such as work-from-home, videoconferencing, e-commerce and online payments. This has led […]
Telecom
Storage Needs: Data centre market sees strong growth
The Indian data centre market has been abuzz with activity, especially after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This rapid growth has been fuelled by the adoption of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) […]
water network management
Utility Initiatives: Recent measures and future plans of key water ULBs
Water utilities across the country are recognising the importance of proper water supply management, and have been adopting various initiatives to operate more efficiently. Urban local bodies (ULBs) in major Indian cities have started deploying […]
Urban Mass Transit
Significant Headway: Growth in metro rail systems to meet urban transport needs
Metro rail systems provide high capacity public transit and are highly capital-intensive projects. In India, the first metro system was introduced in Kolkata in 1984. After almost two decades, the next metro was launched in […]
Special Section
On a Growth Path: IR unveils a slew of new initiatives
The Indian Railways (IR) network is one of the largest in the world, spanning a total track length of 119,578 km across a route of 66,687 km (as per the latest official estimate of March […]
Data & Statistics