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Computers and electronics and Data centres and cloud

Data centres and cloud buys from Computers and electronics; computers and electronics buys from Data centres and cloud; computers and electronics depends on data centres and cloud; data centres and cloud depends on computers and electronics.

Computers and electronics (industry) and Data centres and cloud (industry): 4 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹4.4 per ₹100 · Data centres and cloud buys from Computers and electronics

Data centres and cloud buys goods or services from Computers and electronics; counted through every round of supply, ₹4.4 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹4.4 of every ₹100 of Data centres and cloud output, all rounds
  • ₹3 bought directly

2. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹1.9 per ₹100 · Computers and electronics buys from Data centres and cloud

Computers and electronics buys goods or services from Data centres and cloud; counted through every round of supply, ₹1.9 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹1.9 of every ₹100 of Computers and electronics output, all rounds
  • ₹0.7 bought directly

3. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Data centres and cloud → Computers and electronics

1 of the enterprise types in Computers and electronics depend on data centres and cloud.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Operating-system and firmware platform owners: cloud services behind devices (criticality 5 of 5)

4. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Computers and electronics → Data centres and cloud

2 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on computers and electronics.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Hyperscale cloud providers: servers and network gear (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Server, storage and network equipment makers: servers and networking hardware (criticality 3 of 5)

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