SynopsisAccording to real estate firm JLL, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh currently account for 75% of India’s data centre capacity. With national capacity expected to triple to 6 GW by 2029 from 1.6 GW in mid-2026, other states are stepping up efforts to capture a share of this projected growth.The West Bengal government is considering allowing land in 18 industrial parks to be used for setting up data centres, officials told ET.Land parcels in designated industrial parks owned by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) that have not been utilised may be permitted to host data centres (DCs), according to one official. The initiative aligns with the state government’s strategy to establish itself as a data centreNow Playing