According to Gartner Inc., the public cloud services market in India is slated to grow 30.4% in 2016 to reach $1.26 billion. Cloud system infrastructure services – IaaS – will record the highest growth at 32.5% to reach $448.9 million in 2016, followed by platform as a service – PaaS – at 31.7% to reach $82.1 million in 2016.
“We are witnessing a shift from legacy IT services to cloud-based services in India. Cloud services are growing due to organizations pursuing a digital business strategy,” said Sid Nag, research director at Gartner.
EMSNow carries the table below:
Table 1. India Public Cloud Services Forecast (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
Cloud Business Process Services (BPaaS) | 92.5 | 114.3 | 146.9 | 188.8 | 242.4 | 311.5 |
Cloud Application Services (SaaS) | 299.3 | 389.8 | 514.4 | 654.2 | 792.4 | 959.6 |
Cloud Application Infrastructure Services (PaaS) | 62.4 | 82.1 | 106.9 | 135.0 | 160.4 | 184.7 |
Cloud System Infrastructure Services (IaaS) | 338.9 | 448.9 | 615.4 | 839.7 | 1140.6 | 1558.0 |
Cloud Management and Security Services | 79.4 | 104.2 | 134.5 | 167.7 | 206.2 | 247.8 |
Cloud Advertising | 95.6 | 123.2 | 158.0 | 189.0 | 222.8 | 266.0 |
Total | 968.1 | 1262.6 | 1676.2 | 2174.3 | 2764.7 | 3527.6 |
Source: Gartner (March 2016)
“IaaS continues to be the strongest-growing segment as enterprises move away from data center build-outs and move their infrastructure needs to the public cloud,” said Nag. “Certain market leaders have built a significant lead in this segment, so providers should focus on creating differentiation for success.”
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
