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- Microsoft officially opened its fourth Indian cloud region in Hyderabad.
- The company plans to significantly increase its data center capacity in India as part of a multi-billion dollar investment.
- The Indian government is supporting this growth through its own dedicated funding for digital and AI infrastructure.
- This initiative aims to establish the country as a primary AI infrastructure hub for Asia and the Global South.
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- Microsoft's future progress toward its 2035 data center capacity goals.
- Potential relocation of future data centers closer to power generation sources as requested by the Ministry of Electronics and IT.
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Puneet Chandok
President, Microsoft India and South Asia
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“India is, and India will emerge as the AI infrastructure hub, for not just for India, but for Asia and the Global South”
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…country. By 2035, we will build 6-7X... that’s already begun with $100 billion in investments already committed... The Indian government is putting in $1.3 billion, the government is truly catalysing the ecosystem... India is, and India will emerge as the AI infrastructure hub, for not just for India, but for Asia and the Global South ,” Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia said. Digital public infrastructure He said India has an advantage with the digital public infrastructure like the UPI, Aadhaar, Digiyatra, and all of the…
S Krishnan
Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT
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“Eventually you will have to go and install capacity closer to where the power itself is generated so that we don’t have to wheel it all across.”
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…Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) asked Microsoft to locate future data centres closer to power generation sources rather than near cable landing stations, to cut costs for both the company and the country. “ Eventually you will have to go and install capacity closer to where the power itself is generated so that we don’t have to wheel it all across. There are costs involved there. It will be from a cost perspective for India, for the ecosystem and for you also. It will be much more economical if you go closer to where the power itself is generating,” he said.…
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