Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Microsoft Announces Hyderabad Cloud Region With Near-Zero Water Cooling
Microsoft is building a new cloud-computing center in Hyderabad, India.
Cloud centers store and process digital information for online services.
Microsoft says this center will use effectively zero water to cool its machines.
It is being designed to run artificial intelligence programs from the beginning.
The center will have three separate availability zones to support its operations.
Microsoft says it is building five million liters of groundwater capacity in India.
The company has contracted one gigawatt of renewable energy, with 630 megawatts already flowing.
Microsoft says it wants its infrastructure to become carbon negative, water positive and zero waste by 2030.
Microsoft announced its fourth Indian cloud region, India South Central, in Hyderabad.
The facility is designed to use effectively zero water for cooling by design.
It will support artificial intelligence workloads from the beginning and include three availability zones.
Microsoft said it is building five million liters of groundwater capacity and has contracted one gigawatt of renewable energy in India.
Microsoft estimates India’s data-center capacity could grow six- to sevenfold from about two gigawatts by 2035.
- Who
- Microsoft and Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India and South Asia.
- What
- Microsoft announced the India South Central cloud region, designed for effectively zero-water cooling and artificial intelligence workloads.
- When
- Announced September 21.
- Where
- Hyderabad, India.
- Why
- To expand Microsoft’s cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in India while pursuing sustainability commitments.
- New cloud region
- India South Central in Hyderabad
- Cloud regions in India
- Microsoft’s fourth, after Pune, Chennai and Mumbai
- Cooling design
- Effectively zero water required for cooling
- Availability zones
- Three
- Groundwater capacity
- Five million liters being built
- Renewable energy
- One gigawatt contracted in India; 630 megawatts already flowing
- India data-center outlook
- About two gigawatts currently, potentially six to seven times larger by 2035
