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Microsoft’s newest India datacenter region goes live to power the country’s AI economy and enable Frontier Firms
Microsoft launched the India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad on August 6, 2026. This expansion brings the company's total to four cloud regions in India to support scalable AI and mission-critical workloads.
Why it matters
Local infrastructure allows Indian businesses to process data closer to users while meeting regulatory requirements. This enables enterprises to move AI from experimentation to full production scale with better reliability.
The details
- Microsoft has committed a total of $20.5 billion to India's cloud infrastructure.
- The Hyderabad region utilizes zero-water cooling technology to reduce environmental impact.
- Microsoft aims to train 20 million people in India on AI skills by 2030.
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Puneet Chandok works at Microsoft
President, Microsoft India and South Asia
Srushti Adani works at Adani Group
Director, Adani Digital Lab
Mudit Mehrish works at Bajaj Finance Ltd
Chief Information Officer, Bajaj Finance Ltd
Atish Bhanushali works at HDFC Bank
Senior Vice President II / Head Cloud Infra, HDFC Bank
Harsh Vardhan Masta works at PB Pay
CEO and Whole Time Director, PB Pay
Harsh Vardhan Masta is CEO of PB Pay
CEO of PB Pay
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William Lee works at IDC
Senior Research Director at IDC
Adani Group uses Azure
Early access customer of Microsoft's India South Central Azure region
Bajaj Finserv uses Azure
Early access customer of Microsoft's India South Central Azure region
Bajaj Finance Ltd uses Azure
Leveraging Azure cloud for digital transformation and AI-driven financial services
Using Azure South Central India region for disaster recovery and AI workloads
Early access customer leveraging Azure India South Central for AI-led innovation
Infosys uses Microsoft 365 Copilot
Among ITeS companies collectively signed up for over 400,000 Copilot seats
TCS uses Microsoft 365 Copilot
Among ITeS companies collectively signed up for over 400,000 Copilot seats
Wipro uses Microsoft 365 Copilot
Among ITeS companies collectively signed up for over 400,000 Copilot seats
LTM uses Microsoft 365 Copilot
Among ITeS companies collectively signed up for over 400,000 Copilot seats
Microsoft is a partner of ReNew
Multi-year Corporate Power Purchase Agreement for renewable energy in India
Microsoft is a partner of Amplus
Long-term renewable energy agreement for solar, wind and hybrid energy projects in India
Partnership operating Jio India West and Jio India Central datacenters
IDC provided market research forecasts cited in Microsoft's announcement
Microsoft invested $20.5 billion in India's cloud and AI infrastructure and operates four cloud regions in the country
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