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HCLTech Enters Full-Stack AI Market with ₹3,500 Crore Investment in AI Data Centres

HCL Tech

Noida: HCLTech has announced its entry into the rapidly growing full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) market, backed by a planned investment of up to ₹3,500 crore to establish AI data centres in India. The company said the strategic investment will enable it to deliver end-to-end AI infrastructure, cloud, software, and managed services to enterprises and government … Read more

TCS Expands 20-Year Partnership with ABB to Deliver AI-Powered Global Network Operations

TCS

Mumbai/Zurich: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services, consulting, and business solutions company, has announced an expanded strategic partnership with global electrification and automation leader ABB to modernize the company’s worldwide network operations. The multi-million, multi-year engagement marks the next phase of a collaboration spanning more than two decades. Under the new agreement, TCS … Read more

LTM Partners with Anthropic to Accelerate Claude Adoption and Expand Enterprise Delivery

LTM

Mumbai: AI-centric technology services company LTM, part of the Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Group, has announced a strategic partnership with Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude family of AI models. The collaboration aims to help enterprises accelerate the adoption of Claude, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork across software engineering, application modernization, and business … Read more

India’s Data Centre Boom: The $120 Billion Bet That Could Make It Asia’s Next Digital Powerhouse

Data Centre

A new KPMG in India report maps how the country is moving from a data-hungry importer to a global data centre hub — and why AI is rewriting the blueprint for every server room in between. For years, India’s relationship with data has had an odd asymmetry: the country generates roughly a fifth of the … Read more

Kandou AI Launches Semiconductor Design Headquarters in Hyderabad, Strengthening India’s Chip Ecosystem

Kondou AI

Swiss semiconductor technology company Kandou AI has inaugurated its India semiconductor design headquarters in Hyderabad, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion strategy and reinforcing India’s growing position as a global semiconductor innovation hub. The new facility, located in Kondapur, Hyderabad, will serve as a key engineering centre focused on advanced semiconductor design, … Read more

Who’s Running the World’s Data Centers Now? Inside This Quarter’s Biggest Leadership Shake-Up

Data Center move

The data center industry is in the middle of an unprecedented hiring wave, and it’s not just engineers and technicians being snapped up. As AI workloads push power, cooling, and capacity demands to new extremes, operators, vendors, and advisory firms worldwide are racing to bring in executive talent who can navigate the complexity. This quarter … Read more

Dholera Wants to Be the World’s Biggest Data Centre City. Gujarat Just Bet ₹6 Lakh Crore That It Can Pull It Off.

World's Biggest Data Centre City

Gujarat just did something no other Indian state has: it didn’t just announce incentives for data centres, it announced a city for them. On July 9, 2026, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, flanked by Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia, launched the Viksit Gujarat Data Center Policy 2026-29 at Gandhinagar’s Mahatma … Read more

Can Google and Meta Really Claim ‘AI for Climate’ While Their Own Emissions Soar?

AI data Center

Google’s emissions are up 82% since 2019, Microsoft and Meta aren’t far behind, and Big Tech is now signing gas contracts to power AI. Here’s the global data — and what it means for India’s own AI-driven power demand. The Contradiction at the Heart of “AI for Climate” For years, the tech industry has pitched … Read more

Claude Reflect: How Anthropic’s New AI Usage Dashboard Wants You to Use Chatbots Mindfully

Claude

AI criticism is everywhere right now. Data center protests are making headlines, and public unease about how much of daily life now runs through chatbots keeps growing. Against that backdrop, Anthropic has picked an unusual moment to launch a feature that puts a mirror up to your own AI habits — and, in doing so, … Read more

Thailand to invest $1.99B in AI, electronics, aviation, clean energy amid supply chain updates

Thailand

Bangkok: Thailand has approved nine major investment projects worth approximately US$1.99 billion, reinforcing its ambition to become a leading technology and manufacturing hub in Southeast Asia. The projects span artificial intelligence (AI), advanced electronics, aviation, clean energy, and food manufacturing, reflecting growing investor confidence as multinational companies diversify their global supply chains. The approvals were … Read more

UAE PropTech Startup Keyper Raises $11 Million to Expand Digital Rent Payment Platform

Keyper Founder

Dubai, UAE: PropTech startup Keyper has secured US$11 million in a Series A funding round led by Speedinvest, as the company accelerates its mission to modernise residential renting, property management, and real estate financing across the UAE. The funding round attracted strong participation from a mix of regional and global investors, including NeoVentures, Middle East … Read more

BAAS Technologies Raises ₹5 Crore to Build Indigenous Rocket Engines and Reusable Launch Vehicles

BAAS Technologies funding

Pune-based space technology startup BAAS Technologies has secured ₹5 crore (approximately US$580,000) in a pre-seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV). The investment round also saw participation from SINE IIT Bombay and a group of angel investors. The fresh capital will help the startup strengthen its rocket propulsion technology, expand engineering capabilities, and … Read more

Meta to Build $9 Billion AI Data Centre in Canada, Strengthening Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure

A rendering of Meta’s new 1GW, AI-optimized data center in Alberta, Canada.

Alberta, Canada: Meta has announced plans to invest approximately $9 billion in its first-ever data centre in Canada, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expansion strategy. The new 1-gigawatt (GW) facility will be located in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and is expected to take two to three years to complete. … Read more

Nium acquires crypto wallet company Cypher

Nium

San Francisco/Singapore: Global cross-border payments company Nium has acquired Cypher, a crypto-native non-custodial wallet and card issuing platform, in a strategic move to expand its capabilities across digital assets and stablecoin-powered payments. Cypher, backed by Y Combinator and Coinbase Ventures, brings expertise in blockchain infrastructure, crypto-native financial products, and digital wallet technology, helping Nium strengthen … Read more

NVIDIA Chip Rival SambaNova Raises $1 Billion At $11 Billion Valuation

SambaNova

Paris: AI chip startup SambaNova Systems has secured $1 billion in Series F funding, valuing the company at $11 billion, as it looks to strengthen its position in the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence semiconductor market. The funding announcement was made during the Raise Summit in Paris, reinforcing growing investor interest in companies developing alternatives to … Read more

Accenture Wins €200 Million NATO Contract to Build Secure Cloud Infrastructure with Leonardo

NATO Announces Major Contract with Accenture

Ankara, Turkey: Global consulting and technology services leader Accenture has secured a multi-million euro contract worth approximately €200 million from the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) to modernize the alliance’s digital infrastructure. The project, to be delivered in collaboration with Leonardo, will span the next seven years and support NATO’s transition to a secure, … Read more

UST partners Anthropic to train 20,000 staff on Claude

Manu Gopinath, President, UST.

Mumbai: Digital transformation and AI solutions company UST has announced a strategic alliance with Anthropic, the company behind the Claude family of AI models, to help Global 1000 enterprises accelerate enterprise-wide AI adoption. As part of the collaboration, UST will integrate Claude across its engineering platforms, enterprise solutions, consulting services, and internal operations while training … Read more

78% of Singapore IT Leaders Say Weak Data Infrastructure Is Slowing AI Adoption, Confluent Report Finds

78% of Singapore IT Leaders Say Weak Data Infrastructure

A new global survey is putting numbers to a problem many enterprise IT teams have felt for a while: companies are racing to deploy AI faster than their data infrastructure can actually support it. According to Confluent’s 2026 Data Streaming Report, which surveyed 4,625 IT leaders across 14 countries including India and Singapore, 78% of … Read more

Physical AI Startup Mowito Raises $3 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Expand AI-Powered Industrial Robotics

Mowito Founder

Bengaluru: Physical AI startup Mowito has secured $3 million in a pre-seed funding round to expand its AI-powered industrial robotics platform and strengthen its global presence. The investment round was led by Version One Ventures, with participation from All In Capital, Unisol, iSeed, and a group of prominent angel investors. The angel investors include Soumith … Read more

DXC Technology Opens AI-First Customer Experience Center in Bengaluru to Drive Enterprise AI Innovation

DXC Technology

Bengaluru: Global technology services leader DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has inaugurated a new AI-first Customer Experience Center in Bengaluru, strengthening its commitment to helping enterprises accelerate AI adoption and digital transformation. The facility, one of DXC’s largest global delivery hubs, is designed to enable organizations to move from AI experimentation to large-scale deployment while expanding … Read more