Industry leaders outlined India's roadmap for AI-ready data centres, highlighting investments in power, cooling and sustainable infrastructure to support AI growth.
Accenture has appointed former McKinsey partner Pradeep Prabhala to lead its India Market Unit, with a focus on AI, data-led transformation and GCC growth.
AMD has unveiled its Helios rack-scale AI platform, with Microsoft set to deploy it on Azure as competition in AI infrastructure intensifies.
Varanasi will deploy AI-powered crowd management and mobility solutions across Kashi to improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and visitor movement.
OpenAI has appointed Uday Ruddarraju as CTO of Compute as it expands AI infrastructure, data centres and large-scale systems for future frontier models.
Meta is reportedly in talks to lease AI computing power to Anthropic in a potential $10 billion agreement, signalling its growing ambitions in AI infrastructure.
Axis Finance has appointed Abhishek Bose as Chief Data Officer to strengthen enterprise data capabilities and accelerate data-driven decision making.
L2T has adopted a .ai domain to reflect its AI-powered dealership marketing platform, expanding capabilities across customer data, automation, generative AI and AI search.
HKT has launched a 3.2Tbps AI data centre interconnect network to enable low-latency connectivity and support next-generation AI workloads across Hong Kong.
Publicis has raised its 2026 growth outlook after strong Q2 results, driven by AI-powered marketing demand, new client wins and continued momentum in India.
A new Kana survey finds 70% of enterprises already use AI marketing agents, while governance, ownership and data readiness remain key challenges.
NTT DATA Business Solutions has opened a new Global Capability Centre in Visakhapatnam to expand AI, cloud and enterprise technology services.
Satya Nadella has warned businesses that using AI could expose proprietary knowledge, urging enterprises to retain control over data and AI learning.
HCLTech has approved a ₹3,500 crore investment to build AI ready data centres and strengthen enterprise AI infrastructure and high performance computing capabilities.
Kandou AI has opened its India chip design headquarters in Hyderabad to expand AI semiconductor engineering and high speed interconnect innovation.
TVH has expanded its India Global Capability Centre to strengthen AI, digital engineering, cloud technologies and enterprise innovation.
TCS plans to build a team of up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers while evaluating AI and cybersecurity acquisitions to strengthen enterprise AI services.
Accenture and Google Cloud have launched an agentic AI platform to help mid-market companies accelerate enterprise AI adoption and move projects from pilot to production.
Fifty has launched AudienceAI Assistant, an AI-powered platform that enables brands to interact with simulated audiences to test messaging, media strategies and campaign ideas.
HFCL has launched OptiQ AI, a dedicated optical connectivity business targeting AI, cloud and hyperscale data centres as demand for AI infrastructure continues to grow.
Gujarat is set to unveil its first data centre policy, targeting AI, cloud and hyperscale investments with incentives, renewable energy norms and 2 GW capacity goals.
Nestlé has launched a new Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad through Nestlé Business Services to strengthen AI, analytics and digital business operations.
NetApp CMO Gabie Boko explains why AI success depends on intelligent data infrastructure, marketing transformation and AI agents rather than hype.
The Centre is building its first AI data centre through NIC in Delhi to strengthen digital governance, AI infrastructure and government technology services.
Marriott International has appointed Shivanku Misra as Managing Vice President of Data, AI and Emerging Technologies to strengthen its digital transformation strategy.
Puducherry has begun plans to establish an AI Centre of Excellence focused on healthcare, research, skilling and AI adoption under the IndiaAI Mission.
Kore Digital will invest ₹5,000 crore to build a 1,560 MW AI data centre campus in Navi Mumbai, strengthening India's AI and cloud infrastructure.
Veeam has appointed Mika Yamamoto as Chief Marketing and Customer AI Officer to strengthen AI driven customer engagement and global marketing.
Five Below is expanding digital marketing investments to improve customer engagement, strengthen omnichannel experiences and support long term retail growth.
Meta has appointed Chief Data Officer Alex Schultz bringing the company's marketing and data leadership under one executive.
MongoDB aims to upskill two million Indian developers by 2030 while launching AI retrieval tools for enterprise generative AI applications.
AI is driving the shift from traditional personalization to the "consumer of one," helping brands deliver real-time, individualized experiences powered by trust and contextual intelligence.
Tata Communications has expanded India-Singapore subsea cable capacity to support rising AI, cloud and enterprise connectivity demand.
Dell has launched PowerStore Elite in India to help enterprises modernise AI infrastructure with scalable, secure and high-performance storage.
South Korea has unveiled a major AI chip investment plan led by Samsung and SK Hynix to strengthen semiconductor leadership.
Merck has opened a new Global Capability Centre in Bengaluru to support global healthcare, life sciences, technology and enterprise operations.
Kratikal Tech will open its ₹39.69 crore IPO on June 30, with proceeds planned for product development and overseas expansion.
Central Sanskrit University will launch a BTech in AI and Data Science from the 2026-27 academic session at its Nashik campus.
Huawei and WBBA have introduced global Net5.5G certification standards and AI-ready network solutions to accelerate intelligent broadband infrastructure.
Uber has appointed former Coinbase executive Philip Martin as Chief Information Security Officer to strengthen cybersecurity, platform security and global risk management.
Nestlé Canada CMO Tracey Cooke discusses AI, brand distinctiveness, creativity, cultural relevance and why human judgment remains essential in modern marketing.
Nationwide has launched a Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad to support AI, engineering, data and digital transformation initiatives globally.
Oracle reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees as the company expanded AI and cloud infrastructure investments worldwide.
Blockmate has launched a funding round to advance its Wyoming AI data centre opportunity amid rising demand for AI computing infrastructure.
Vyoma AI has incorporated a new subsidiary focused on AI infrastructure, signaling growing demand for computing and AI ecosystem services.
India’s data centre pipeline has reached 8.33 GW, driven by AI adoption, cloud growth and rising demand for digital infrastructure.
GWI’s Jason Mander says attention is fragmenting across platforms as AI adoption, synthetic data and changing search habits reshape marketing.
LiveRamp has launched a partner program for AI marketing agents, aiming to help brands activate trusted data across AI-driven workflows and campaigns.
France's intelligence agency is moving away from Palantir, highlighting growing concerns around AI sovereignty, strategic autonomy and dependence on foreign technology.
Databricks has launched CustomerLake, an agentic customer data platform designed to help brands activate AI-ready customer intelligence at scale.
