As India’s AI market moves from pilot projects to national-scale deployments, the battleground for compute, compliance, and cost has shifted decisively to local infrastructure — and the vendors that control it. This feature evaluates the top 10 AI infrastructure platforms most relevant to Indian...
Microsoft’s visit to India this month has turned into a high‑stakes moment for enterprise AI: the company announced a landmark US$17.5 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure for India and signalled a rapid acceleration of its partner‑led Copilot strategy with tie‑ups involving...
Microsoft’s latest push to make AI a default layer of enterprise work just got a shot of oxygen from four of India’s largest systems integrators, a move that signals both rapid industrial-scale adoption of Copilot and a major expansion of Microsoft’s partner-led strategy for agentic AI across...
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Infosys’ new AI Agent for energy operations is a purposeful step toward industrializing agentic AI across drilling, production and field operations — promising faster analysis of well logs, automated report generation, and predictive alerts while leaning on Infosys’ Topaz and Cobalt portfolios...
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Google and Reliance’s surprise tie-up to give millions of Reliance Jio subscribers free access to Google’s premium AI suite is not a small marketing stunt — it is a deliberate, high‑stakes move to accelerate AI adoption across India by bundling advanced generative AI, large‑context models, and...
Microsoft’s Windows lead has just sketched a future in which the operating system becomes ambient, multimodal and agentic — able to listen, see, and act — a shift powered by a new class of on‑device AI and tight hardware integration that will reshape how organisations manage and secure Windows...
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OpenAI’s India-first push with a new low-cost ChatGPT tier is reshaping the competitive landscape: on August 19, 2025 the company launched ChatGPT Go — a ₹399/month subscription that delivers access to GPT‑5-level capabilities, significantly higher usage limits, and native UPI payments — and the...
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In the heart of southern India, a quiet yet transformational revolution has begun to unfold, guided not by new government mandates or corporate advertising campaigns, but by a cross-continental collaboration between Boston and the rural classrooms of Karnataka. At the center of this movement...
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India stands at an extraordinary crossroads, where digital innovation, inclusive growth, and sovereign technology infrastructure converge to redefine the country’s future role in the global AI ecosystem. In recent months, a powerful set of alliances—most notably between Microsoft and Yotta Data...
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India’s digital ambitions have long inspired bold investments and targeted partnerships, but few announcements in recent memory have generated quite the same buzz as the strategic collaboration between Microsoft and Yotta Infrastructure. This alliance, designed to accelerate artificial...
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In a significant move poised to recalibrate the trajectory of artificial intelligence development in India, Microsoft has announced a landmark partnership with Yotta Data Services, one of the country’s leading homegrown cloud infrastructure and platform providers. This collaboration aims to...
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India’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is undergoing a seismic transformation, catalyzed by a high-profile collaboration between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services—a move that signals both technological ambition and a strategic push towards digital sovereignty. As India’s appetite for AI...
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In a move poised to reshape the technological landscape of India, a strategic alliance between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services has been announced, setting the stage for robust and sovereign AI capabilities tailored to the nation’s fast-evolving digital economy. This collaboration between...
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In a landscape increasingly defined by artificial intelligence, the alliance between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services marks a formidable stride for India’s digital ambitions. The newly announced strategic partnership promises not only to accelerate AI adoption but to reconfigure the nation’s...
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In a significant move to bolster India's artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Microsoft and Yotta Data Services have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating AI development within the country. This collaboration integrates Microsoft's Azure AI services with Yotta's Shakti...
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In a significant move to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in India, Microsoft and Yotta Data Services have announced a strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to integrate Microsoft's Azure AI services with Yotta's Shakti Cloud platform, thereby enhancing the nation's AI...
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Microsoft’s latest collaboration with Yotta Data Services marks a major milestone in the quest to supercharge India’s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape. By combining Microsoft’s advanced Azure AI suite with Yotta’s sovereign Shakti Cloud platform, this new alliance promises to radically...
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India’s journey toward AI leadership enters a pivotal new chapter with the strategic partnership announced between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services, two technology titans with deeply interwoven ambitions for the nation’s future. Their collaboration—unveiled under the banner of advancing the...
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India stands at the cusp of a digital revolution, with artificial intelligence positioned as a key driver of its next wave of growth. Recent years have seen a rapid surge in AI research, deployment, and policy initiatives across the subcontinent. The latest boost comes from a strategic...
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India stands at the precipice of a transformative era in artificial intelligence, and the recent alliance between Microsoft and Yotta Data Services marks a pivotal moment in the country’s digital journey. Forged to supercharge AI adoption nationwide, this partnership integrates Microsoft’s...
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