MICROSOFT ON TUESDAY said that it plans to invest $3 billion (about ₹25,700 crore) in India over the next two years to bolster its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, marking its single-largest expansion in the country to date. Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella made the announcement during the Bengaluru leg of the Microsoft AI Tour, underscoring the tech giant's commitment to making India an AI-first nation.
"I am excited to announce this significant investment to expand our Azure capacity in India," Nadella said. Microsoft currently operates three data centre regions in Pune, Mumbai and Chennai, with a fourth scheduled to go live in 2026.
The investment is part of Microsoft's broader global expansion, including $80 billion allocated for AI-ready data centres in FY25, more than half of which will be spent in the US. The expansion aligns with the strategies of other tech giants, such as Google, which last year announced a $1-billion investment in Thailand for data centre and cloud infrastructure.
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