Govt pushing for public-private collaboration in data infrastructure, says MoS Commerce Jitin Prasada
The central government emphasized that it wants both the public and private sectors to collaborate to drive investments, generate employment, and build domestic data centers as infrastructure demands rise.
The central government aims for public-private collaboration to bolster investments, create jobs, and construct domestic data centers as infrastructure demands escalate, according to Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada. Speaking at the Microsoft AI Infrastructure Summit India, Prasada highlighted that data centers will be indispensable infrastructure for economic and technological growth in the future.
Microsoft's investment in India ensures citizens' data remains within the country, emphasizing the need for data security. Prasada noted that recent commitments reinforce efforts to protect domestic information assets while addressing the challenges posed by emerging technologies. India is rapidly developing data centers, recognizing their pivotal role in the country's future.
The Honourable Prime Minister's vision drives active efforts to attract data center investments to India, Prasada added. In a related development, Microsoft announced the construction of its fourth cloud region in India in Hyderabad, which will support AI workloads from the outset and feature three availability zones. The region is being built to handle significant compute capacity and will be one of Microsoft's largest investments in the country.
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