MUMBAI: The Indian IT infrastructure market comprising of servers, storage and networking equipment is estimated to reach $2.05 billion in 2012, a 10.3% increase over 2011, according to technology researcher Gartner. By 2016, it is forecast to reach $3.01 billion. 

Servers, which constitute the largest segment of the Indian IT infrastructure market, are likely to reach $754.5 million in 2012 and grow to $967.2 million in 2016. 

"Technology's role in the enterprise is increasing and IT's closer alignment with business, and vice versa, is a topic of much focus within Indian enterprises today," said Aman Munglani, research director at Gartner. 

"Soon there will be a time when there is no IT strategy, only a business strategy as leading CIO's are seeing technology as a business enabler and a engine for innovation," he said. Revenue growth will be primarily driven by ongoing data center modernization, as well as new data center build outs.