IBM Teams Up with Airtel to Offer Cloud Services with Data Residency in India

IBM has partnered with Bharti Airtel to offer cloud services with data residency in India, addressing growing demand for private-cloud solutions. The partnership aims to establish multi-cloud regions in Mumbai and Chennai, expand availability zones, and provide IBM's software-as-a-service portfolio with full compliance. IBM's mainframe servers power nearly 95% of India's banking transactions and 100% credit card transactions. The executive highlighted India's potential to become the "skills capital of the world" in the AI era and stressed the need for a collaborative effort between the government, academia, and industry to reskill the workforce.