Microsoft unveile its fourth data centre in India, betting on rising digital consumption in one of its fastest-growing markets. Microsoft India head Anant Maheshwari said the company was making long-term investments in the country, although he decline to confirm reports by local media of a $2 billion (approx. Rs. 15,392 crore) price tag for the latest centre.
The overall Indian public cloud services market is expect to reach $10.8 billion (approx. Rs. 83,118 crore) by 2025, according to research firm IDC.
India’s government has been nudging foreign tech companies to store more of their data locally, a move seen as New Delhi’s attempt to gain stricter oversight of Big Tech firms.
Anant Maheshwari said Microsoft was continuing to grow its workforce in India from 18,000 currently “both through the pandemic and going forward.“
Anant Maheshwari Said :
“We already serve more than 340,000 companies in the country,”.
The new data centre is located in India’s southern state of Telangana.
Anant Maheshwari Said :
The company’s business model, which relies on partners building additional services on top of its cloud platform, Azure, generate business worth about $10 billion (approx. Rs. 76,962 crore) in the last five years.
Competitors are joining the race in India. Key rival Amazon announce in late 2020 it would spend $2.8 billion (approx. Rs. 21,546 crore) to build its second data centre in the country, and Adani Group last year announce plans to build six data centre parks across the country.
