Publication date: 14 Dec 2023
IDC: India’s Public Cloud Services Market Grew to US$3.8 Billion in 1H2023, Expected to Reach US$17.8 Billion by 2027
Contact
For more information, contact:- Rajiv Ranjan Email: rranjan@idc.com
- Harish Krishnakumar Email: hkrishnakumar@idc.com
- Miguel Carreon Email: mcarreon@idc.com
- Michael De La Cruz Email: mdelacruz@idc.com
INDIA, 14 December 2023 – According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Public Cloud Services Tracker, the Indian public cloud services (PCS) market, including infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions, and software-as-a-service (SaaS), revenue totalled $3.8 Billion for 1H2023 (January-June). The overall Indian public cloud services market is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 22.9% for 2022-27.
"Public cloud services in India have evolved beyond just cost savings and flexibility,” says Rajiv Ranjan, Associate Research Director, Cloud and Artificial Intelligence, IDC India. “Enterprises are increasingly investing in modernizing applications, developing cloud-native solutions, and exploring artificial intelligence. While enterprises are ramping up investments in GenAI, chatbots, and conversational AI tools, GenAI tools are specifically used for cost optimization, application development, and workload testing use cases. In the future, GenAI is expected to help more in cloud security and cloud infrastructure management as well. All these investments will drive public cloud services growth in India,” Ranjan ends.
SaaS continued to be the largest component of the overall public cloud services market, followed by IaaS and PaaS in 1H2023. The top two public cloud service providers continue to hold more than 40% of the market.
Despite challenging economic conditions, leading cloud service providers are making significant investments in India. This move signals their confidence in the strong potential of the Indian market.
Traditional segments such as IaaS, collaborative applications, CRM, and ERM continue to drive growth. Simultaneously, service providers also witnessed a surge in demand for offerings around AI and data management, highlighting the evolving needs in cloud service offerings.
“Enterprises are increasingly relying on public cloud services as they drive digital transformation, and seek agility and operational efficiency,” says Harish Krishnakumar, Senior Market Analyst, Enterprise IT Services & Cloud, IDC India. “A growing emphasis on cost optimization continues to accelerate the shift to an ‘as a service’ consumption model, driving the demand for cloud infrastructure services. Public cloud services is expected to have robust demand in the upcoming years as GenAI gains traction, and enterprises focus on implementing workloads that leverage next-gen technologies, while migrating their existing workloads over to a cloud environment,” ends Krishnakumar.
About IDC Trackers
IDC Tracker products provide accurate and timely market size, company share, and forecasts for hundreds of technology markets from more than 100 countries around the globe. Using proprietary tools and research processes, IDC's Trackers are updated on a semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly basis. Tracker results are delivered to clients in user-friendly excel deliverables and on-line query tools. The IDC Tracker Charts app allows users to view data charts from the most recent IDC Tracker products on their iPhone and iPad.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,300 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology, IT benchmarking and sourcing, and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC's analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives. Founded in 1964, IDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading tech media, data, and marketing services company. To learn more about IDC, please visit www.idc.com. Follow IDC on Twitter at @IDC and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the IDC Blog for industry news and insights.
All product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.