After hosting BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to the UAE, where President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presented him a Cerebras AI chip. The gift formalises Condor Galaxy India, an 8-exaflop supercomputing partnership backed by G42 and C-DAC. Sixty-four Cerebras CS-3 systems will power a major AI compute cluster in India, aiming to bring sovereign training capacity onshore, cut reliance on foreign clouds, and give startups and researchers frontier-scale access.
Zoho has been positioned as India’s new official email provider, sparking debate over two things: whether the platform can meet stringent security expectations and how it aligns with national identity and data sovereignty concerns. The move highlights the growing role of private cloud services in government communication—and the scrutiny they face before rollout.
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India is considering a rule that would require “Made-in-India” sovereign cloud systems for critical sectors like energy, telecom, and banking. The move follows rising cybersecurity fears and geopolitical pressure, highlighted when Microsoft temporarily suspended cloud services for Nayara Energy. Officials say heavy reliance on overseas providers could let disruptions cripple businesses, but domestic cloud capacity still lags.
France has chosen Scaleway, a homegrown cloud provider, to host its Health Data Hub, replacing Microsoft Azure. The switch comes after new laws requiring sensitive health data to sit on sovereign infrastructure. Scaleway will secure health records for millions of French citizens, reinforcing the country’s push for data sovereignty over major foreign cloud services.
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