UAE war fallout: cloud giants reroute West Asia traffic to India
After drone strikes hit AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain on March 2, causing major outages for banking apps, airports, and even shutting the UAE stock market, big cloud providers are rethinking their strategy fast.
Their new move? Reroute a lot of West Asia's digital traffic to India.
AWS, Microsoft scramble to find space in Indian cities
AWS reported disruptions across dozens of its Middle East services, so both AWS and Microsoft are now scrambling to find space in Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kochi.
AWS is urging customers to switch regions and activate backup plans as soon as possible.
India's data center capacity expected to expand to about 10 GW over the next 5-seven years (around 2031-2033)
India's ready for the spotlight: its data center capacity is expected to expand to about 10 GW over the next five-seven years (around 2031-2033).
This growth is part of roughly $270 billion of commitments by global hyperscalers and Indian groups.
Plus, favorable tax policies have been cited as an incentive for companies to consider India as a backup or growth location.