10,000 Reasons Microsoft Loves Hyderabad

Hyderabad hosts 10,000 Microsoft employees, which is half of the company’s Indian workforce. Its India Development Centre (IDC), established in 1998, is one of Microsoft’s largest R&D hubs outside the USA. Besides, over the past year, Microsoft has made land acquisitions worth INR 448 crore in Hyderabad to expand its data centre operations, reaffirming the city’s importance in its growth strategy.

On his recent visit to India, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said, “If the Indian economy is going to be $5 trillion, the AI-driven part of it could be something like $500 billion.” His meeting with Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao focused on AI, generative AI, and cloud priorities, further strengthening the ties between Microsoft and the state government.