Overview
- The four-year investment for 2026–2029 was announced by Satya Nadella after talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and builds on January’s $3 billion pledge.
- Microsoft will open the India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad by mid‑2026 as its largest hyperscale region in the country and will expand existing regions in Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune.
- The strategy centers on scale, skills and sovereignty, introducing sovereign public and private cloud options and enabling in‑country processing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in India by the end of 2025.
- Microsoft doubled its India AI skilling target to 20 million people by 2030, reporting 5.6 million trained since January 2025 through its ADVANTA(I)GE India initiative.
- AI capabilities will be integrated into the e‑Shram and National Career Service platforms to deliver services to more than 310 million informal workers, according to the company.