Microsoft and Amazon mulling new data centers in India

Amazon, like Microsoft, is currently pursuing India as a market for its cloud services. Datacenter Dynamics notes that the company announced a $2 billion initiative to enhance Amazon.in in July, and Amazon reports that its gross sales have already capped $1 billion. Building data centers in India offers Amazon many of the same benefits the move will offer Microsoft, and the increased competition will drive down costs for the Indian IT community.

Data centers may help drive fiber
The growing development of data center facilities in India by Amazon and Microsoft will likely impact the country's ongoing struggles with developing a nationwide fiber-optic network. The initiative is currently being driven by a collaboration between the Baharat Broadband Network and government operators Railtel and Powertel. Light Reading reports that skepticism has been directed at the group's ability to consistently meet its rollout goals, but the development of major data centers may encourage the completion of the project. The remainder of the fiber expansion is expected to cost up to $4 billion, including the cost of fiber-to-ethernet solutions for the nation's legacy hardware.

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