The data centre infrastructure spending in India is expected to touch $2.8 billion, with an year over year decline of 14.4 per cent in 2020 and an estimated single digit growth in 2021, a new Gartner report said on Wednesday.
Many Indian enterprises have delayed their infrastructure capex (capital expenditures) intensive refresh/upgrades due to the ongoing cost containment, according to the latest forecast from the global market research firm.
These end users are evaluating “as a service” infrastructure consumption models.
“Focus on automation, remote monitoring, coupled network optimisation is part of the new normal for infrastructure leaders in India,” the report said.
Covid-19 has accelerated the transition towards Hybrid Cloud as more Indian enterprises are experiencing the benefit of public cloud during this pandemic.
“The priority for most companies in 2020 is keeping the lights on, so data centre growth is generally being pushed back until the market enters the recovery period,” said Naveen Mishra, senior research director at Gartner.