Global Data Centre Rankings 2025: Mumbai Ranks 6th Worldwide; Virginia, USA Tops the List.

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In June 2025, Cushman & Wakefield Inc. (C&W), headquartered in Illinois, United States of America (USA), released its ‘2025 Global Data Center Market Comparison’ report.


      - According to the report, Mumbai (Maharashtra) secured the 6th global rank with 335 Megawatts (MW) of data centre capacity under construction as of end-2024.

      - Virginia (USA) topped the global list with 1,834 MW capacity under construction, followed by Atlanta (USA) with 1,078 MW, and Columbus (USA) with 546 MW.

     

Main Point :-   (i) The report ranked 97 cities globally based on their data centre capacity currently under construction.

      (ii) Mumbai, the only Indian city in the global top 10, also leads the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, and is ranked as the 7th most established data centre market in APAC.

(iii) Pune (Maharashtra) and Bengaluru (Karnataka) are ranked 4th and 5th respectively among APAC’s emerging data centre markets, highlighting India’s growing significance in the global digital infrastructure landscape.

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