Provider Directory
India has three kinds of cloud provider, and choosing between them is mostly a question of which problem you are solving. Global hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, IBM) give you the deepest service catalogue and in-country regions. Indian managed-cloud and data-centre operators (CtrlS, Yotta, Sify, ESDS, NTT, Nxtra, Tata Communications) give you colocation, hands-on managed services, INR contracts and a support team in your timezone. And managed service providers sit on top of either, running the platform for you. This directory covers all twelve, with their actual India regions and what each is genuinely good at.
Hyperscaler
India presence: Mumbai (ap-south-1, since 2016) and Hyderabad (ap-south-2, since 2022)
Services: Compute (EC2), Storage (S3), Database (RDS), AI/ML (SageMaker), Security
Ideal for: Startups to large enterprises; the widest service catalogue and the deepest hiring pool in India
Hyperscaler
India presence: Central India (Pune), South India (Chennai), West India (Mumbai)
Services: Azure VMs, Azure SQL, Microsoft 365, Azure AI, Azure DevOps
Ideal for: Organisations already on Windows Server, Active Directory or Microsoft 365; hybrid cloud
Hyperscaler
India presence: Mumbai (asia-south1) and Delhi NCR (asia-south2)
Services: Compute Engine, BigQuery, Google Kubernetes Engine, Vertex AI
Ideal for: Data analytics, AI/ML and Kubernetes-native workloads
Hyperscaler
India presence: Mumbai and Hyderabad regions
Services: OCI Compute, Autonomous Database, Exadata Cloud, OCI Networking
Ideal for: Existing Oracle Database and E-Business Suite estates moving off on-premise hardware
Hyperscaler
India presence: Chennai multi-zone region
Services: Virtual servers, Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Watson, Bare metal
Ideal for: Regulated industries wanting OpenShift and hybrid-cloud portability
Indian Managed Cloud
India presence: Pan-India data centres; IZO cloud and network fabric
Services: IZO Cloud, Managed SD-WAN, Network services, Security
Ideal for: Enterprises that want cloud, connectivity and managed security on one Indian contract
Colocation & Managed Hosting
India presence: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Noida, Chennai, Bengaluru — Tier IV certified
Services: Colocation, Managed servers, Disaster recovery, Managed security
Ideal for: Businesses needing Tier IV Indian colocation with managed hands on site
Indian Data Centre
India presence: Navi Mumbai (NM1) and Greater Noida (D1) — among Asia's largest Tier IV campuses
Services: Colocation, Cloud hosting, GPU cloud, Disaster recovery
Ideal for: Large enterprises needing Tier IV uptime, and GPU capacity for AI workloads in India
Indian Managed Cloud
India presence: Data centres across Mumbai, Chennai, Noida, Bengaluru and Hyderabad
Services: Cloud hosting, Colocation, Network (MPLS/SD-WAN), Managed security
Ideal for: Mid-market enterprises wanting cloud plus network from a single Indian provider
Indian Managed Cloud
India presence: Nashik, Mumbai and Bengaluru; MeitY-empanelled for government workloads
Services: eNlight cloud, Managed hosting, Disaster recovery, SAP hosting
Ideal for: Government, BFSI and PSU workloads with strict India data-residency requirements
Indian Managed Cloud
India presence: Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Noida and Hyderabad
Services: Colocation, Managed cloud, Hybrid cloud, Managed security
Ideal for: Enterprises wanting global NTT backing with Indian data-centre operations
Indian Data Centre
India presence: Pan-India core and edge data-centre network
Services: Colocation, Interconnect, Managed hosting, Edge capacity
Ideal for: Workloads needing edge presence in tier-2 and tier-3 Indian cities
Microsoft Azure has three — Central India (Pune), South India (Chennai) and West India (Mumbai). AWS has two: Mumbai (ap-south-1) and Hyderabad (ap-south-2). Google Cloud has two: Mumbai (asia-south1) and Delhi NCR (asia-south2). Oracle has Mumbai and Hyderabad; IBM has a Chennai multi-zone region. Region count matters less than most buyers assume — what matters is whether the region you pick carries the specific services you need, because newer regions often launch with a partial catalogue.
Yes. AWS India, Azure India and Google Cloud all bill in INR through their India entities, which removes USD conversion cost and gives you a GST invoice you can claim input credit against. Indian providers bill in INR by default. The practical difference is the contract: hyperscaler INR billing is still self-service and usage-based, whereas Indian managed providers will negotiate a committed-term contract with fixed monthly pricing, which is easier to budget against.
It depends on the data. The DPDP Act 2023 does not impose blanket localisation, but it lets the government restrict transfers to specified countries, and sectoral rules are stricter. The RBI requires payment system data to be stored in India. IRDAI and SEBI impose their own record-keeping requirements. Government and PSU tenders typically require a MeitY-empanelled provider. For most private Indian SMBs there is no legal requirement to stay in-country, but an India region usually wins on latency anyway.
Choose a hyperscaler if you have engineers who can run the platform, you want the broadest service catalogue, or you expect to scale unpredictably. Choose an Indian managed provider if you would rather buy an outcome than a platform: they will run the OS, patching, backups and monitoring, answer the phone in IST, and sign an SLA with teeth. Many Indian mid-market businesses end up with both — hyperscaler for the application, Indian provider for colocation, DR or managed security.
Cloud converts capex to opex, which helps cash flow but is not automatically cheaper. A steady, predictable workload running 24/7 for three or more years is frequently cheaper on colocated hardware or a committed-term Indian managed contract. Cloud wins decisively on variable or seasonal load, on workloads you cannot capacity-plan, and on anything needing rapid geographic expansion. Run the three-year total cost both ways before committing — and include the cost of the people who will operate it.
MeitY empanelment is the Government of India's accreditation for cloud providers serving government and public-sector workloads, covering security controls, audit and data residency. It matters if you sell to government, PSUs or regulated bodies, where it is often a tender prerequisite. For a purely private-sector business it is not required, though it is a reasonable proxy for a provider having been audited seriously.
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