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Meity plans to deploy experts for streamlining internal govt data use

The said 'data expert' may be a single person or multiple people, depending on the requirements of a particular ministry

India's data centers to add 500 MW capacity in 4 years: Avendus Capital

The report, *Powering Digital India* Volume II, stated that the sector doubled from 540 MW in 2019 to 1,011 MW in 2023, making India one of the fastest-growing data centre markets globally

CtrlS Datacenters to invest Rs 400 crore in Patna's upcoming datacentre

Data centre operator CtrlS Datacenters on Monday said it will invest about Rs 400 crore in the greenfield datacentre in Patna and has acquired land for the new facility. The site, situated 300 meters from the company's existing Patna DC1 facility, is located in the Pataliputra Industrial Area and has been acquired through the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA). The datacentre is expected to be operational by the second-half of FY 25-26. "CtrlS Datacenters plans to invest approximately Rs 400 crore in this new datacentre, which will boast a 10MW IT load capacity and house approximately 1,000 racks. This land acquisition reaffirms CtrlS Datacenters' commitment to strengthening its presence in Patna," a company statement said. Hyderabad-based CtrlS Datacenters operates 15 datacentres across Mumbai, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Patna.

Microsoft's slow cloud growth signals AI payoff likely to take longer

Big technology companies have been pouring billions of dollars into data centers to capitalise on the generative AI boom

Nokia bets on AI feuled data center boom in $2.3 billion Infinera deal

The takeover will value the optical telecommunications maker's equity at $6.65 per share, the companies said in a statement late on Thursday

Introduce a single window clearance system for data centres: PwC-Assocham

Currently, only the state government of Maharashtra allows a single window clearance system for this industry

CtrlS to invest Rs 2,200 cr at upcoming data centre campus in Kolkata

This will be the first Rated-4 data centre of East India, says the company

India must add 1.7-3.6 GW data centre capacity to its 2028 target: Report

The findings of the report said that for every 1 Megawatt (MW) of installed colocation capacity in India, 13.2 petabytes (PB) of data is generated

Cyberattack compromised data centre; won't pay $8 mn ransom: Indonesia

Indonesia's national data centre has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government won't pay, authorities said Monday. The cyberattack has disrupted services of more than 200 government agencies at both the national and regional levels since June 20, said Samuel Abrijani Pangerapan, the director general of informatics applications with the Communications and Informatics Ministry. Some government services have returned immigration services at airports and elsewhere are now functional but efforts continue at restoring other services such as investment licensing, Pangerapan told reporters. The attackers have held data hostage and offered a key for access in return for the $8 million ransom, said PT Telkom Indonesia's director of network & IT solutions, Herlan Wijanarko, without giving further details. Wijanarko said the company, in collaboration with authorities at home and abroad, is investigating and trying to break the encryption that ...

AI in India gets a boost as Microsoft, Amazon invest billions in data infra

Microsoft has pledged $3.7 bn to build data centres in Telangana, while Amazon plans to invest $12.7 bn in Cloud infrastructure in India

NIC hires Yotta Infrastructure to manage its data centre in Delhi

Yotta is building a data centre at the NIC's site in the city. This is expected to be completed in three to four months, said a source privy to the development

Google to invest $2 bn in data centre and cloud services in Malaysia

Google said in a statement the data centre and cloud region will be located in Sime Darby Property's Elmina Business Park in central Selangor state

KKR-SingTel consortium leads race for $1 bn stake in data centre provider

A deal could be sealed or announced in early June, the first source added

Data centres in India to drive 10 mn sq ft real estate demand: Report

Sector likely to get $5.7 bn investments by 2026, it says

India set to cross 1800 MW in data centre capacity by 2026: CBRE report

Report adds that India has highest DC capacity among major APAC countries, likely to add another 850 MW in next 2 years

Adobe Experience Platform apps to be available in India by year end

Adobe Experience Platform-based applications will be available for enterprise customers in the country via a data centre by the end of the calendar year, the company said on Tuesday. The move will help Adobe Experience Platform-based applications' users to store their data locally as well as reduce latency in accessing them, it said. "Adobe Experience Platform-based applications will be available for enterprise customers via an India data centre later in the year. This will deliver on local data residency requirements and improve performance through lower latency," the company said in a statement. "Generative AI is driving a foundational shift in the relationship between brands and their customers in India, marking this as the era for businesses to drive profitable growth while delivering new digital experiences," Adobe India Vice-President and Managing Director Prativa Mohapatra said. The company said it has seen an increase in demand for Adobe Experience Platform-based applicatio

Apple working on developing AI chips for software in data centers: Report

The project, internally codenamed as Project ACDC (Apple Chips in Data Center), aims to leverage Apple's chip design expertise for its server infrastructure, the report said

Parseable raises $2.5 mn in seed round to expand log analytics services

Bengaluru-based company specialises in processing huge amounts of data generated by information technology systems

Microsoft acquires a 48-acre plot in Hyderabad. Here's how much it paid

Tech giant Microsoft Corporation has acquired a 48-acre parcel of land in Hyderabad to develop one of the largest data centres in the area

Ola's AI to outdo global players in energy-efficient data centres: Founder

Ola's AI platform Krutrim will compete with global technology majors in building energy-efficient data centres and offer cloud services at the lowest price for the development of artificial intelligence, its founder Bhvish Aggarwal said. While speaking at an event, Aggarwal announced an AI cloud platform - Krutrim Cloud - to enterprises, researchers, and developers at low cost with a focus on addressing the needs of Indian developers. "We are building our own technology to do energy management to make the most efficient data centres in the world. I am willing to compete with Microsoft, Google or whoever to say, we will do better than them. The cloud cost we pay is the same as the amount paid by American developers. How is it justified? We will resolve that," Aggarwal said. He alleged that big technology companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are having closed ecosystems and locking developer's work on their platform. "Krutrim's overall ambition is to build a full stack AI platform