NEWS: MeitY highlighted the growth of India’s domestic cloud ecosystem, driven by rising data consumption + data sovereignty needs.

ABOUT CLOUD COMPUTING

• On-demand delivery of computing resources over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis.

SERVICE MODELS

• IaaS: Virtual servers, storage + networking.
• PaaS: Platform for developing and deploying applications.
• SaaS: Ready-to-use software over the internet.
• Serverless: Cloud provider manages server allocation + scaling.

DEPLOYMENT MODELS

• Public Cloud: Shared infrastructure.
• Private Cloud: Dedicated infrastructure for one organisation.
• Hybrid Cloud: Combination of public + private clouds.

INDIA'S CLOUD ECOSYSTEM

• Internet subscribers: 1,092.79 million (March 2026).
• Data centre capacity: 1.57 GW (August 2026); projected nearly 8 GW by 2030.
• Around $70 billion ongoing investments.
• MeitY empanelled 30 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).
• Around 2.25 million cloud-native developers.
• IndiaAI Mission: ₹10,371.92 crore; over 45,000 GPUs being onboarded.

SIGNIFICANCE

• Data sovereignty: Greater control over sensitive data.
• Scalability: Handles rising digital-service demand.
• Cost efficiency: Reduces fragmented IT infrastructure.
• Disaster recovery: Enables backups + business continuity.

AI growth: Supports domestic AI computing infrastructure