Rolls-Royce Sees Private Power Ops Overtaking Govt by 2027

Rolls-Royce, a leading multinational in aerospace and power systems, anticipates that the non-governmental sector of its power systems division in India will surpass the traditionally dominant government contracts by 2026-27, as stated by its senior executives.

The firm, which markets MTU products and solutions in India through its power systems division, is heavily investing in the surge of power solutions for data centers, semiconductor facilities, and additional institutional backup setups, such as factories.

Rolls-Royce's power systems division, which focuses on large engines, propulsion systems, and distributed energy systems, is celebrating 25 years in the country with more than 2600 MTU engines and generators operational across naval and land defense, mining, and power generation sectors.

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"India for us, from a power systems perspective, the focus was Navy, Army, servicing the products, as well as some mining business and some emergency backup power for some hospitals, or some critical infrastructure," Giovanni Spadaro, President, Global Markets Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Managing Director, Rolls-Royce Solutions Asia.

He further said, "What happened now is that like in most part of the world, the data centre boom has kicked in and is kind of changing the picture of India."

From a historically 70 per cent governmental and 30 per cent other business, Spadaro said,"The business this year is moving closer to 50-50, and then going forward, the other business will be stronger..." Spadaro outlined three pillars of growth -- data centre, gas engines and uninterrupted power for semiconductor manufacturing -- for Rolls-Royce's power business in India from the non-governmental side.