Azure Ascending: Microsoft’s $17.5 Billion India High-Stakes Move That Might Rewrite the Subcontinent’s Tech Destiny (or Light Its Servers on Fire)

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10: Microsoft has officially dropped a $17.5 billion anchor in India—an investment so enormous it practically echoed across every data centre, tech newsroom, and chai stall conversation. The announcement didn’t arrive with fireworks, but it certainly felt like the digital equivalent of thunder rolling across a monsoon skyline. Cloud, AI, and infrastructure—this towering triad is the centrepiece of Microsoft’s unusually bold, unusually dramatic bet on India’s future.

And no, it’s not…