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Microsoft unveils biggest India data center in Hyderabad amid AI boom
Microsoft built its biggest data center in India, in the city of Hyderabad.
A data center is a big building full of computers that help apps, websites, and online services work.
Microsoft opened this new center on a Thursday.
Big companies like Adani Group and HDFC Bank will be among the first to use it.
The center is part of Microsoft's cloud service called Azure.
Now Microsoft has four cloud locations in India: Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and Mumbai.
Microsoft is spending about $20.5 billion to grow in India.
India has more than one billion internet users, which makes it an important market.
Other big companies like Google and Amazon are also building data centers in India.
Some people worry a planned Google data center could harm water and wildlife, but the government disagrees.
Microsoft launched its largest India data center, the India South Central facility, in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Adani Group and HDFC Bank are among the early users of the new facility.
The launch brings Microsoft's cloud regions in India to four, adding to existing centers in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai.
Microsoft has committed about $20.5 billion to expand its India operations, betting on a market of more than 1 billion internet users.
Rivals Alphabet and Amazon are also investing in India data center capacity, and environmentalists have criticized a planned Google hub.
- Who
- Microsoft, with early users Adani Group and HDFC Bank; rivals Alphabet and Amazon; Microsoft India President Puneet Chandok commented on the launch.
- What
- Microsoft launched its largest India data center, the India South Central facility, and signed up Adani Group and HDFC Bank among early users.
- Where
- Hyderabad, India.
- When
- Thursday (exact date not specified in the articles).
- Why
- To compete in India's fast-growing AI market and cement its position as the country's largest cloud-computing provider.
Environmental advocates
Indian government
Google data center environmental review
Environmental advocates
Environmentalists accused authorities of fast-tracking a planned Google data center hub in India without weighing risks to water supplies and wildlife.
Indian government
The government rejects the allegations.
Key facts
- Company
- Microsoft
- Facility
- India South Central (largest data center in India)
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Early users
- Adani Group, HDFC Bank
- Committed investment
- About $20.5 billion for India expansion
- Cloud regions in India
- Four (Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Mumbai)
- Azure India revenue
- Double-digit growth for the last two years
- Microsoft India President
- Puneet Chandok
Quotes
Puneet Chandok
Microsoft India President
“Creating value with AI requires trusted infrastructure close to where data lives, teams work and decisions are made, and the new facility is a critical part of that foundation.”
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