{"id":11660,"date":"2022-03-10T09:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T09:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/microsoft-unveils-fourth-data-centre-in-india"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:11:35","slug":"microsoft-unveils-fourth-data-centre-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/microsoft-unveils-fourth-data-centre-in-india","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft unveils fourth data centre in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Microsoft Corp unveiled its fourth data centre in India on Monday (Mar 7), betting on rising digital consumption in one of its fastest-growing markets.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft India head Anant Maheshwari said the company was making long-term investments in the country, although he declined to confirm reports by local media of a $2 billion price tag for the latest centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA public cloud data centre is not a one-time investment, it is a continuous investment that we have,\u201d Maheshwari told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last two years, we doubled the capacity in the existing three data centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The overall Indian public cloud services market is expected to reach US$10.8 billion by 2025, according to research firm IDC.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s government has been nudging foreign tech companies to store more of their data locally, a move seen as New Delhi\u2019s attempt to gain stricter oversight of Big Tech firms.<\/p>\n<p>Maheshwari said Microsoft was continuing to grow its workforce in India from 18,000 currently \u201cboth through the pandemic and going forward\u201d. \u201cWe already serve more than 340,000 companies in the country,\u201d Maheshwari said.<\/p>\n<p>The new data centre is located in India\u2019s southern state of Telangana. The company\u2019s business model, which relies on partners building additional services on top of its cloud platform, Azure, generated business worth about US$10 billion in the last five years, Maheshwari said.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors are joining the race in India. Key rival Amazon announced in late 2020 it would spend US$2.8 billion to build its second data centre in the country, while Adani Group last year announced plans to build six data centre parks across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. Microsoft Corp unveiled its fourth data centre in India on Monday (Mar 7), betting on rising digital consumption in one of its fastest-growing markets. 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