Microsoft has launched its fourth cloud region in India, the India South Central region in Hyderabad. The addition joins existing regions in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai and gives the company what it describes as the largest hyperscale cloud footprint in the country. The launch forms part of Microsoft’s previously announced $20.5 billion investment commitment in India, which includes an earlier $3 billion pledge and a later $17.5 billion allocation focused on cloud, AI infrastructure, skilling and operations. Microsoft India and South Asia President Puneet Chandok noted that India generates about 20 percent of the world’s data but holds only about 3 percent of global data-centre capacity. He expects national capacity to grow from roughly 2 GW today to 12-14 GW by 2035. Chandok framed the build-out as the physical foundation for moving from digital public infrastructure to AI public infrastructure and said demand is not the constraint; supply must catch up.
Microsoft has launched its fourth cloud region in India, the India South Central region in Hyderabad. The addition joins existing regions in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai and gives the company what it describes as the largest hyperscale cloud footprint in the country. The launch forms part of Microsoft’s previously announced $20.5 billion investment commitment in India, which includes an earlier $3 billion pledge and a later $17.5 billion allocation focused on cloud, AI infrastructure, skilling and operations. Microsoft India and South Asia President Puneet Chandok noted that India generates about 20 percent of the world’s data but holds only about 3 percent of global data-centre capacity. He expects national capacity to grow from roughly 2 GW today to 12-14 GW by 2035. Chandok framed the build-out as the physical foundation for moving from digital public infrastructure to AI public infrastructure and said demand is not the constraint; supply must catch up.