The deepening war crisis in the Middle East has worried the whole world. The world’s largest cloud companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure are now withdrawing their important data business from Gulf countries like Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman. To escape the fire of war, these tech giants are now turning to safe havens like India and Singapore to operate their servers and data centres.
Drone attacks increase the heartbeat of tech giants
The main reason for this big change is the recent horrific attacks in the Gulf countries. On March 2, precise drone attacks were carried out on two AWS data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Bahrain. The impact of these attacks was so widespread that local banking apps came to a standstill in the blink of an eye. Airport operations in major cities like Dubai and Kuwait were disrupted and even the UAE stock market had to be closed due to technical glitches. According to Amazon’s own official information, several dozen of its services in the Middle East region are either completely disrupted or their quality has deteriorated badly. Apart from this, there are also reports that a facility center of Microsoft Azure located in Tehran, Iran has also been targeted. In such a situation, these companies have warned their customers to immediately shift their data from the Middle East.
India becomes the new safe haven for ‘data’
Actually, in the internet world, distance has a direct impact on speed, which is called ‘latency’ in technical language. The further away the data center is, the slower your website or app will run. That is why for highly sensitive operations like banking, these companies needed a safe place close to the Gulf countries. Now data center space is being urgently searched in Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi. According to Piyush Somani, managing director of ESDS Software Solutions, India and Singapore have the best underwater cable networks. Apart from this, data centers have been built on a large scale in India within the last one and a quarter years, due to which adequate space and infrastructure is readily available for companies here.
A great opportunity for the country’s economy
Even though the data is being diverted towards India in an emergency situation, its long-term consequences are going to be great for the country’s economy. Foreign companies have understood that the entire Gulf region may remain unstable for a long time. In such a situation, they are looking at India as a permanent and safe backup option for the future. Experts believe that there is security in countries like Singapore and Indonesia, but there is a severe shortage of land and electricity. In contrast, India has abundant resources and favorable government policies.
Global companies, along with Indian groups like Reliance, Adani, Tata and L&T, have planned to invest a huge amount of $ 270 billion in India’s data center sector. In the coming 5 to 7 years, India’s data capacity will jump from 1.4 gigawatt to 10 gigawatt.
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