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Airtel, IBM will jointly establish two multizone regions for Airtel Cloud in Mumbai, Chennai.

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced plans to establish two new multizone regions for Airtel Cloud in Mumbai and Chennai, in partnership with US-based technology giant IBM.

The telecom major said it has entered into a strategic collaboration with IBM to enhance its recently launched Airtel Cloud platform and jointly deliver enterprise solutions.

According to Bharti Airtel Vice Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Vittal, the company is expanding the Airtel Cloud’s availability zones in India from four to ten, supported by next-generation, sustainable data centres.

“Today, with the IBM partnership, we are adding substantial capabilities to our Cloud platform to address the unique needs of several industries that require migration from IBM Power Systems and allow for AI readiness. We will, together, also establish two new Multizone Regions (MZRs) in Mumbai and Chennai soon,” Vittal said.

Airtel, IBM To Jointly Establish Two Multizone Regions 

The multizone region for cloud services entails setting up several physical independent data centres in a geographic location.

The statement did not disclose financial details of the company’s expansion plan.

The development comes a day after Bharti Airtel announced a partnership with Google for setting up its USD 15 billion AI Hub in Andhra Pradesh, along with Adani group firm AdaniConneX.

Under the pact, Airtel and IBM will aim to enable enterprises in regulated industries to scale AI workloads, delivering interoperability across infrastructure, including on-premises, in the cloud, across multiple clouds and at the edge.

How Will This Partnership Help Airtel Cloud Customers?

Through this partnership, Airtel Cloud customers will be able to deploy the IBM Power systems portfolio as-a-Service, including the latest-generation IBM Power11 autonomous, AI-ready servers for mission-critical applications in regulated industries like banking, healthcare, government and others, the statement said.

“Through our partnership with Bharti Airtel, clients across India can leverage IBM’s innovative cloud offerings designed for workloads that address their strategic business priorities. Together, we will help clients drive true transformation in the era of AI,” IBM SVP and Chief Commercial Officer Rob Thomas said.

The statement said Airtel Multizone Regions will help Indian enterprises strengthen their resilience, address data residency requirements and keep mission-critical workloads and applications up and running at all times. 

(With Inputs From PTI)