Microsoft’s India Development Center Campus breaks the ground at Noida celebrations

A scheme for Microsoft’s India Development Center (IDC) campus in Noida. Photo Credit: Microsoft

Microsoft announced on 8 March that it organized a ground-breaking ceremony for its New India Development Center Campus in Noida Sector 145, in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The new campus is ready to cover 15 acres of land and offers a 1.1 million square foot built-up area. The Center will focus on AI progress, cloud and security, as Microsoft aims to greatly promote the AI ​​region of India.

“The groundbreaking function of our new Noida campus reflects continuous commitment to pursue Microsoft’s AI innovation that empowers all communities, businesses and citizens. This proposed feature will attract top talents from India and the world and empower them to innovate in AI, cloud and security, which will positively affect billions of lives on the entire planet, ”said Rajiv Kumar, Managing Director and Chairman, Microsoft IDC.

Apart from Microsoft IDC, Noida, Hyderabad and Bangalore are also present.

“We appreciate the support of the government of Uttar Pradesh and Noida Authority to make this vision reality and is grateful to Honorable Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath for reaching the occasion. With the proposed expansion, we are ready to accelerate digital change, promote AI skilling opportunities and strengthen our deep partnership with Uttar Pradesh and help India become the first nation, ”said Mr. Kumar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in January. That month, Nadella announced an investment of $ 3 billion in India to increase its AI and Cloud Infrastructure. This was the biggest expansion of Microsoft in the country at that time.