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Microsoft commits $17.5bn to Indian cloud and AI over 2026 to 2029

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Source: Microsoft Source Asia

Microsoft announced on 9 December 2025, after Satya Nadella met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that it will invest $17.5 billion in India over 2026 to 2029, its largest investment in Asia. The plan includes a new India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad due mid-2026, AI features on the labour ministry’s e-Shram and National Career Service platforms for more than 310 million informal workers, and a target to train 20 million Indians in AI skills by 2030.

Why it matters

Indian enterprises and government agencies get more in-country AI capacity and sovereign cloud options, and the labour ministry’s job platforms will run on Azure OpenAI.

When
9 Dec 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0077
Who
Microsoft, Ministry of Labour and Employment; Satya Nadella, Narendra Modi

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Microsoft Source Asia. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Microsoft Source Asia

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0077: “Microsoft commits $17.5bn to Indian cloud and AI over 2026 to 2029.” wheresthe.ai, 9 Dec 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/in-microsoft-17-5bn-india-2025-12/ (source: Microsoft Source Asia).

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