TL;DRMicrosoft’s Hyderabad cloud region is live. Three availability zones, zero-water cooling, 1,000+ MW renewable power. First delivery against $17.5B India commitment. Joins Pune, Chennai, Mumbai. Claims biggest hyperscale footprint in India.
Microsoft has brought its fourth Indian cloud region online in Hyderabad, declaring general availability of India South Central on August 6. The three-availability-zone build is the largest hyperscale region Microsoft operates in the country and, by the company’s count, gives it the biggest hyperscale cloud footprint of any provider in India. The region joins existing sites in Pune, Chennai, and Mumbai, plus two data centres operated with Jio. It arrived on schedule after Microsoft described it in December 2025 as spanning an area roughly equivalent to two Eden Gardens stadiums.
The region is the first concrete capacity delivery against the $17.5 billion India commitment Microsoft announced in December 2025, its largest investment in Asia. That four-year programme, covering 2026 through 2029, followed a $3 billion commitment made in January 2025, bringing total pledged India spending to $20.5 billion. Early customers are concentrated in regulated industries: HDFC Bank plans to use Hyderabad as a disaster-recovery region, and Bajaj Finance, payments company PB Pay, and Adani Digital Lab are also named. Financial services is where India’s data-residency requirements are strictest.
