Microsoft Opens Its Fourth Azure Data Center Region in India
Microsoft said its fourth data center region in India has officially begun operations. The facility is part of the company’s planned $20.5 billion investment in India, aimed at expanding local cloud-computing and artificial-intelligence capabilities. Microsoft said the data center is located in the Hyderabad area of southern India and provides cloud services. With more than 1.4 billion people, India is increasingly attracting major artificial-intelligence companies as a source of market opportunity, talent and data. The country has millions of engineers skilled in machine learning and data science. Tata Consultancy Services and other major global technology-services companies also have established operations there.
Microsoft said its fourth data center region in India has officially begun operations. The facility is part of the company’s planned $20.5 billion investment in India, aimed at expanding local cloud-computing and artificial-intelligence capabilities.
Microsoft said the data center is located in the Hyderabad area of southern India and provides cloud services.
With more than 1.4 billion people, India is increasingly attracting major artificial-intelligence companies as a source of market opportunity, talent and data. The country has millions of engineers skilled in machine learning and data science. Tata Consultancy Services and other major global technology-services companies also have established operations there.
Microsoft said the data center is located in the Hyderabad area of southern India and provides cloud services.
With more than 1.4 billion people, India is increasingly attracting major artificial-intelligence companies as a source of market opportunity, talent and data. The country has millions of engineers skilled in machine learning and data science. Tata Consultancy Services and other major global technology-services companies also have established operations there.