Mangaluru, recognized for its strategic coastal location, port connectivity, energy infrastructure and a rising know-how ecosystem, is rising as a possible vacation spot for large-scale digital infrastructure in India, in keeping with the Mangaluru Information Centre Feasibility Research 2025.

The examine was performed by the Karnataka Digital Economic system Mission (KDEM), in collaboration with the Silicon Seaside Program and Deloitte India.

It examines Mangaluru’s position in supporting India’s increasing digital spine for cloud computing, AI and mission-critical workloads, at a time when the nation’s whole knowledge centre capability is projected to achieve 10-12 GW by 2030.

The report positions Mangaluru as a strategic “spoke” inside a Bengaluru-led hub-and-spoke structure, enabling decentralised compute, low-latency companies, and stronger catastrophe restoration and enterprise continuity capabilities.

Based on the examine, land leasing charges in Mangaluru common round Rs 7.69 per sq ft per thirty days, providing a 4 to 5 instances price benefit over Mumbai and a big benefit over Chennai, relying on location and asset kind. Energy tariffs vary between Rs 5.95 and Rs 6.60 per kWh, decrease than Chennai’s roughly Rs 7.50 per kWh and aggressive with different main knowledge centre markets.

These economics assist scale back the whole price of possession for operators, enhancing breakeven timelines and long-term returns, notably for large-scale and AI-intensive deployments. The report additionally highlights excessive grid reliability and warranted industrial water availability as necessary strengths.

Saying the findings, B. V. Naidu, Chairman, KDEM, mentioned: “Infrastructure is the spine of digital management. This examine confirms that Mangaluru affords the best mixture of functionality, management, and price to help India’s subsequent decade of AI and cloud-led progress. With industry-leading economics, a resilient grid, and a deep expertise base, Mangaluru is primed to host mission-critical workloads whereas complementing Bengaluru’s place as India’s digital nerve centre.”

Rohith Bhat, Lead Trade Anchor for the Mangaluru cluster at KDEM and a founding member of the Silicon Seaside Program, added: “Mangaluru has quietly assembled all the basics required for a high-capacity, future-ready knowledge centre ecosystem, from coastal geography and grid stability to expertise depth and multimodal connectivity. With KDEM’s management, the Silicon Seaside Program’s ecosystem improvement, and Deloitte’s insights, this examine charts a transparent roadmap for unlocking 1 GW of sustainable, AI-ready knowledge centre capability. This aligns straight with Karnataka’s Past Bengaluru progress story and our dedication to growing future-ready know-how clusters throughout the state.”

The examine identifies a number of long-term demand drivers for decentralised compute infrastructure. Throughout main southern states, cellular subscribers are projected to exceed 31 crore by 2030, whereas month-to-month knowledge consumption is anticipated to just about double to 14,889 petabytes.

It additionally cites round $240 million in World Functionality Centre-related acquisitions, together with rising nano-GCC exercise throughout BFSI, RegTech and FinTech sectors.

Mangaluru at present ranks amongst India’s prime eight rising GCC areas. On the infrastructure aspect, the area affords round 1,000 acres of land in Balkunje and roughly 164 acres inside the Mangaluru Particular Financial Zone, appropriate for large-scale developments below prevailing lease frameworks.Its location in Seismic Zone III and elevation of 20–50 metres above sea degree assist mitigate seismic and climate-related dangers.

Karnataka’s grid contains 107 substations starting from 66 kV to 400 kV, with zero unmet peak demand recorded in recent times, alongside important additions of renewable power capability.

The expertise ecosystem additional helps long-term viability, with the Mangaluru–Udupi belt internet hosting about 25,000 IT professionals and producing over 20,000 STEM graduates yearly.