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Bharti Airtel has teamed up with IBM to supercharge its Airtel Cloud, blending telco-grade reliability with IBM’s AI and infrastructure muscle.
The deets: under this partnership, Airtel Cloud customers will get access to IBM Power Systems-as-a-Service, powered by AI-ready servers.
These systems are built to handle mission-critical workloads like SAP Cloud ERP and help clients move from legacy setups to flexible hybrid environments.
Why it matters: this move gives Airtel an edge in catering to regulated sectors like banking, healthcare, and government, areas where data security and compliance are non-negotiable.
Moreover, Airtel can attract big enterprise clients in regulated sectors while expanding its data centre footprint from 4 to 10 zones.
Big theme: experts estimate India’s cloud market will touch $18 billion by 2027, driven by AI adoption, 5G rollout, and data localisation rules.
As enterprises move workloads to the cloud, they’re looking for platforms that can handle AI, analytics, and automation seamlessly while meeting data sovereignty norms.
