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SAP launches Sovereign Cloud in India to enable local data storage, boost AI development

September 20, 2025 9:33 am

Amid the global push for AI and digital sovereignty, major tech players are investing heavily in sovereign cloud initiatives that keep user data within the country or region in compliance with local laws.

OpenAI plans India data centre with at least 1 gigawatt capacity: Report

September 01, 2025 11:49 am

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, has formally registered as a legal entity in India and has begun building a local team.

Bharti Airtel enters cloud services market with launch of ‘Airtel Cloud’ for businesses in India

August 06, 2025 9:21 am

Airtel has forayed into the enterprise cloud services market amid efforts by the Centre to make India a global hub for data centres.

OpenAI enables local data storage in India for ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu customers

May 09, 2025 11:56 am

OpenAI also launched an initiative to help other countries build out their AI infrastructure by onboarding the AI startup and the US government as partners.

In move that may impact Big Tech companies, govt now proposes localisation of personal data in draft rules

January 04, 2025 10:46 pm

The long awaited rules are crucial for the operationalisation of the data protection Act.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar: EU’s GDPR more absolutist, not possible for us ... our law will be clear on data misuse

September 26, 2022 9:08 am

'The digital economy is one of the biggest opportunities for India and a lot of what we are doing today is to accelerate that. The Ministry will soon come up with a set of laws, after extensive public consultation, that will serve as the guiding framework for the next ten years.'

For better compliance, tech transfer, Govt to ease data localisation norms

August 14, 2022 7:23 am

The official added that the view in the government is that data should be stored in a region that is “trusted” by the Indian government and should be accessible in the event of a crime.

For better compliance, tech transfer, Govt to ease data localisation norms

August 14, 2022 1:12 am

The localisation norms, criticised by Big Tech companies as well as start-ups for being too “compliance intensive”, could be relaxed by allowing cross-border data flows to “trusted geographies”, it is learnt.

The era of borderless data is ending

May 24, 2022 10:59 am

France, Austria, South Africa and more than 50 other countries are accelerating efforts to control the digital information produced by their citizens, government agencies and corporations.

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