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Indian data centre companies are looking to attract neocloud firms such as Coreweave, Lambda Labs, Crusoe and Nebius, which offer high-end computing for generative artificial intelligence training at nearly one-third the price of hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

Backed by large investors, neoclouds, or ‘babyscalers’—boutique operators offering specialised infrastructure and flexible GPU rentals—are fast snagging business from Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. A study by digital infrastructure…