Click on the above post where I outline the specifics of why cost of hosting servers in Asia is more expensive.
Singapore is going to be your best bet to start imho. See how you can service your target market better.
Realistically, I think you should do a market study to understand the market/benefits/limitations better and then build your strategy to tackle it. Most places in Asia don’t really care about the hardware, the big price tag ends up being the bandwidth costs first and then the power costs. You don’t want to invest money into a location only to see that it doesn’t work very well.
I think India is very viable, just need to be able to negotiate well. To negotiate well you’d need to know what the DC has available and how you can build your offer to make it work with them.
I can’t say much without digging deeper into the literature regarding India’s hosting market, but my general understanding is that there’s still a ton of infrastructure problems in India.