Austin TX-based cloud service provider Oracle and New Delhi-based elecom service provider Bharti Airtel, have agreed to extend their partnership in strengthening India’s digital economy by introducing a slew of next-generation cloud solutions.
The partnership with Airtel Nxtra, which offers secure data center services to leading Indian and global enterprises, hyperscalers, start-ups, SMEs and governments, will help Oracle, which runs a cloud region in Mumbai, and another in Hyderabad, expand the capacity of its India West region, said Garrett Ilg, president of Oracle Japan and Asia Pacific.
“When we bring a company like Airtel into the conversation they have these relationships with customers…and that will help us get to that customer base way faster, with way more trust and most importantly with way less risk,” added Ilg.
Nxtra by Airtel operates India’s largest data center network of 10 hyper data centers and 120 edge data centers and plans to invest $760 million by 2025 to expand capacity by 3X to over 400 MW.
For Oracle, the partnerships marks the opportunity to sell cloud services to Airtel’s more than a million India enterprise customers. It’s also a chance to tap tens of millions of small businesses looking to use digital services in a market where public cloud spending is expected to exceed $12 billion by 2025, according to tech researcher Gartner.
Additionally, Oracle and Airtel will set up a Cloud Center of Excellence in Gurgaon, near New Delhi, with a dedicated team of specialists from both organizations. Both companies will co-innovate cloud solutions for India’s digital economy and take these to the market by leveraging Airtel’s leadership in the enterprise segment.
Ilg said Oracle will hire thousands of employees annually over the next few years, highlighting the company’s focus on India.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
