Gujarat
Indian state that notified its Data Centre Policy 2026-29.
Gujarat notified its Data Centre Policy 2026-29 on 7 August 2026, targeting 7.5 GW of data-centre capacity backed by subsidies conditional on projects sourcing at least 51% green power.
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Can subsidies and desalination support push Gujarat past 7.5 GW of data centres?
Timeline for Gujarat
Notified a subsidised Data Centre Policy 2026-29 conditional on 51% green power
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Gujarat pays for 7.5 GW of capacityBackground
Gujarat notified its Data Centre Policy 2026-29 on 7 August 2026, setting a state-wide target of 7.5 GW of data-centre capacity against its existing 74 GW installed power base.
The policy is Gujarat's own subsidy instrument: capital and interest subsidies, power-tariff support, SGST and electricity-duty reimbursement, desalination-plant assistance and stamp-duty exemption, administered by the state government rather than by any single site or region within it. Eligibility is conditional on projects sourcing at least 51% of operational electricity from green power.
A direct fetch of the government notification was blocked during research, so this account rests on wire corroboration rather than a first-party document read in full. Gujarat's bet places it alongside a wider race among Indian states to attract AI infrastructure investment with subsidy packages of their own.