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Microsoft's new India cloud region to use effectively 'zero water' for cooling: President Puneet Chandok

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Microsoft's new India cloud region to use effectively 'zero water' for cooling: President Puneet Chandok

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Microsoft's new India cloud region to use effectively 'zero water' for cooling: President Puneet Chandok

Addressing the Microsoft AI Infrastructure Summit India, Chandok announced the company's fourth cloud region in India - India South Central - which will be established in Hyderabad, adding to its existing cloud regions in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai.

Microsoft 's new India South Central cloud region will use effectively zero water for cooling and is being built to handle AI workloads from day one, said Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia, adding the tech giant is "putting water back into the ground." Addressing the Microsoft AI Infrastructure Summit India, Chandok announced the company's fourth cloud region in India - India South Central - which will be established in Hyderabad, adding to its existing cloud regions in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai. "It's our fourth cloud region in India. We have Pune, Chennai, and Mumbai, and now we have Hyderabad. The largest hyperscale cloud footprint in India. The largest hyperscale cloud footprint in our country," he said.

Chandok said the Hyderabad facility will be Microsoft's second strategic hub in India and one of its largest investments in the country in terms of compute capacity. The region will have three availability zones and will be built to support AI workloads from the outset. Highlighting the focus on sustainability, Chandok said questions around water consumption and the source of electricity are central to the development of data centres globally.


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