IT major Microsoft will invest USD 3 billion in India for the expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure in the country, the company’s chairman and CEO Satya Nadella said on Tuesday.
There is a fantastic momentum in India where people are pushing for a multi-agent kind of deployment.
“I am really really excited to announce the single largest expansion we have ever done in India by putting USD 3 billion additional dollars to expand our Azure capacity,” Nadella said.
He said that the company is doing a lot of regional expansions in India.
Nadella said that Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organisation in India drives the company.
“To that end it is about being able to ensure that the human capital of this country is able to continue to scale, take advantage of immense opportunity and potential the technology has. That’s why we are very excited to announce today our commitment, which we have always had, to train 10 million people around AI skills by 2030,” Nadella said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness at Microsoftâs ambitious expansion and investment plans in India following his meeting with the companyâs chairman and CEO Satya Nadella.
In a post on X, Prime Minister Modi said, âIt was indeed a delight to meet you, Satya Nadella! Glad to know about Microsoftâs ambitious expansion and investment plans in India. It was also wonderful discussing various aspects of tech, innovation and AI in our meetingâ.
After the meeting, Nadella thanked Modi for his leadership and said, âExcited to build on our commitment to making India AI-first and work together on our continued expansion in the country to ensure every Indian benefits from this AI platform shiftâ.