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India’s Data Moment: Why the Next Cloud Revolution Will Be About Storage
India’s Data Moment: Why the Next Cloud Revolution Will Be About Storage

September 8, 2025

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In our personal lives, data feels effortless. Photos, messages, and files flow seamlessly across devices and platforms. Yet in the enterprise world, data remains fragmented, siloed, and hard to manage. As India accelerates into a digital-first economy - with AI, fintech, e-commerce, and public services all leaning on data - the stakes have never been higher.

 

India is expected to generate one of the world’s fastest-growing data estates in the next decade. But legacy storage models can’t keep up. Fragmented systems create blind spots, security vulnerabilities, and operational inefficiencies that slow innovation. For a country that is simultaneously powering global IT services and enabling hundreds of millions of new digital citizens, this isn’t just a technology challenge – it’s a national imperative.

 

The way forward is to rethink storage itself. Just as consumer technology and the public cloud abstracted away complexity to deliver instant, intuitive experiences, enterprises in India need a model that treats data as a fluid, strategic resource. A new architecture, an “Enterprise Data Cloud”, that unifies data across silos, restores visibility, and enables automation at scale.

 

For Indian enterprises, this shift isn’t about convenience. It’s about building resilience into critical infrastructure, unlocking agility for innovation, and turning data into a competitive differentiator on the global stage.

 

India has already shown the world how digital public goods (refers to open digital platforms) like Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for payments and Aadhaar for identity can transform societies. The next revolution will be quieter but no less powerful: building a cloud for enterprise data that matches the ambition of the nation’s digital future.

 

The Enterprise Data Cloud is that revolution.

 

- Ajeya Motaganahalli, VP Engineering & MD, Pure Storage India R&D

 


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