Microsoft announced that its fourth data center region in India is officially in operation. This is part of Microsoft's $20.5 billion investment plan in India to expand local cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities. Microsoft said in a statement that the data center is located in the Hyderabad region of southern India and provides cloud services. India has a population of over 1.4 billion. As a market, talent, and data source, India is receiving more and more attention from major artificial intelligence companies. India has millions of engineers with machine learning and data science skills, and large global technology service companies such as Tata Consulting Services and Infosys are also rooted here.