Microsoft makes Hyderabad AI hub

Microsoft has positioned Hyderabad as a strategic hub for its next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) services, as it on Monday formally launched its India South Central cloud region, taking its hyperscale cloud footprint in the country to four regions.

The Hyderabad region, which is part of Microsoft’s $20.5-billion investment commitment in India, has three availability zones and is designed to support AI workloads. Puneet Chandok, president, Microsoft India and South Asia, said the company would bring its frontier AI technology and services being built for the next phase of AI adoption to the new region.