India’s rapidly expanding data center industry is emerging as a major growth engine for Sterling & Wilson group, prompting the EPC major to accelerate investments, scale manufacturing capacity, and strengthen its presence across key business verticals linked to digital infrastructure.
The group operates through four key entities—Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy, Sterling Green (formerly Sterling Generators), Sterling & Wilson Data Centre, and its engineering business. Among these, the data center and generator segments are witnessing the strongest momentum, driven by rising demand for digital storage, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
According to group chairman Khurshed Daruvala, most of the current revenue momentum is coming from India, even as the company continues to operate in international markets such as the Middle East and Africa, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
“There is large growth that we are seeing in the data center segment. Mainly, the revenues are coming from India right now. We are working in the Middle East and Africa… but for the majority of the current year, order booking and revenue are now coming from India because the growth potential here is huge,” Daruvala said.
The company’s data centre business has witnessed a sharp expansion in its order pipeline. The order book increased to Rs 1,770 crore in FY26 from Rs 1,000 crore in March 2025. The momentum has further accelerated this year, with bookings already crossing Rs 2,700 crore and expected to exceed Rs 5,000 crore by the end of the current financial year.
On the revenue side, the segment generated nearly Rs 600 crore in the last fiscal year, and the company is targeting around RS 1,900 crore in FY27, indicating strong forward visibility.
Sterling & Wilson entered the data center space nearly a decade ago, but the segment has gained significant traction only recently as demand for AI-driven infrastructure and cloud storage accelerates.
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Industry estimates suggest India’s data center capacity could expand from around 1.5 gigawatts currently to 8–10 gigawatts by 2030, and potentially reach 20 gigawatts in the long term. This expansion is being driven by rapid digitalization, increased data consumption, and AI infrastructure development.
The growth is also creating strong demand for reliable power backup solutions, directly benefiting Sterling Green, the group’s generator business.
According to Daruvala, data center-related orders in the generator segment rose to about ₹1,000 crore last fiscal year, up from Rs 700 crore two years ago. In just the first two months of the current financial year, the company has already secured nearly Rs 1,350 crore worth of data center-linked generator orders.
To support rising demand, Sterling Green is expanding manufacturing capacity. The company is commissioning a new facility in Pune and shifting production of small generators from its Silvassa plant. This will allow the existing facility to focus on larger, high-capacity generator sets required for large-scale infrastructure projects like data centers.
The strategic shift reflects how the group is repositioning itself to capture long-term opportunities arising from India’s digital infrastructure boom.
With India emerging as one of the fastest-growing data center markets globally, Sterling & Wilson is aligning its business strategy to ride the digital infrastructure wave. Strong order inflows, capacity expansion, and rising AI-driven demand position the group for sustained growth in the coming years.
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