Thursday, 12 November, 2026
Stricter Rules Sideline Five Cloud Providers in New IndiaAI Compute Tender
By TechShots Studio
Under revised eligibility norms issued by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for the IndiaAI Mission's fresh compute tender, five previously empanelled cloud service providers have been shut out. The updated rules mandate that participating bidders must own, lease, or operate a Tier-III certified data centre, maintain local network and security operations centres (NOC/SOC), and possess specific ISO certifications entirely within India.
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