Microsoft to expand its data centre investment in Hyderabad

While that investment commitment entailed three data centres in Hyderabad, each with an IT capacity of at least 100 MW, it now targets six total data centres in Telangana, each serving 100 MW of IT load on average.

These data centres form an integral part of Microsoft’s goal of strengthening its cloud infrastructure to serve Azure’s customers in India and worldwide.

All six data centres are estimated to be deployed phase-wise in the next 10-15 years.

Telangana has already signed an MoU with Microsoft to enable several beneficial activities such as skilling, internship programmes, and cloud adoption.

As part of Telangana’s cloud adoption, the state is working with Microsoft Azure and others to ensure citizen services have a solid infrastructure as part of its tech stack.

“Microsoft and Hyderabad have had a very long, mutually beneficial relationship, and I am very happy to learn that Microsoft will expand in Telangana with such huge digital infrastructure projects. I look forward to seeing Microsoft continue to grow in the state,” KT Rama Rao said in a statement.

“The data centre projects we will deploy in Telangana are some of the fully-owned ones in India by Microsoft. Apart from data centres, we will work with the government to identify special projects and support it in implementing them,” Mazhari said in a statement.

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WebPT plans Global Capabilities Centre in Hyderabad

WebPT, which provides end-to-end solutions supporting outpatient rehabilitation therapy and practice management, announced on Thursday, 19 January, its new Global Capabilities Centre (GCC) in Hyderabad.

“We are making a significant investment in the Hyderabad office in order to expand our reach, helping our members grow their business, and empowering more rehab therapists to treat patients needing musculoskeletal care,” said WebPT CEO Ashley Glover in a statement.

He added that the GCC would bring new operational and strategic talent to its global teams, focusing on the tools and knowledge necessary to maximise performance, revenue, and patient outcomes.

“I’m delighted to welcome WebPT to the city of Hyderabad and assure that the state government will be a partner in their continued success. I am pleased to know they will be investing ₹150 crore in this project,” said KTR in his statement.

WebPT has partnered with Summit Consulting Services to facilitate the GCC. The office is expected to assist in attracting world-class talent in operations, technology, and support.

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Inspire Brands to set up support centre in Hyderabad

A virtual meeting between the Inspire Brands team and KT Rama Rao. (Supplied)

Global multi-brand restaurant company Inspire Brands has announced that it will set up a support centre in Hyderabad.

The centre is expected to support four verticals — IT infrastructure, restaurant tech, digital tech, and enterprise data.

The announcement was made after a virtual meeting between the Inspire Brands team and KT Rama Rao.

The $40-billion US company has over 32,000 branches across 70 countries.

It owns popular brands such as Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, Rusty Taco and Sonic.