India’s warehouses are getting smarter, but not yet intelligent
India is on course to add roughly 240 million square feet of warehousing in five years. Whether that space gets smarter along with bigger is the question a new report from PwC India and FICCI, Transforming warehousing with AI. The report estimates that total warehousing stock will grow from about 610 million sq. ft. in 2025 to 850 million sq. ft. by 2030. Its central finding is that most Grade A and Grade B facilities still operate at the “digital” or “automated” stage of maturity. AI-led decision-making, it says, is at a very early stage of adoption.
The constraint has moved from execution to decisions
Over the past decade, GST-led network consolidation, e-commerce, organised retail, quick commerce and 3PL growth have turned the warehouse from a passive storage buffer into an operational hub. Regulation has helped. The report notes that 7,512 WDRA-accredited warehouses were operating as of 31 March 2026,...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to www.expresscomputer.in. To see the full text click HERE
