“India is entering a defining phase of its AI journey, with organisations moving rapidly from experimentation to embedding AI across core business functions. But scaling AI in India comes with a unique challenge. The country generates nearly 20% of the world’s data, yet accounts for only about 3% of global data centre capacity. At the same time, enterprises are managing fragmented data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, legacy systems, and edge locations. That’s why AI success isn’t just about models or compute—it’s fundamentally about ensuring data is trusted, governed, secure, and AI-ready. Organisations that invest in strong data foundations will be best positioned to unlock AI‘s full potential. In the long run, India’s competitive advantage in AI won’t be defined by the models it builds alone, but by how effectively it manages, governs, secures, and derives value from its data.” – Sudharsan Aravamuthan, Head of Systems Engineering, Everpure India