Securing India’s hyperscale AI growth with prevention-first, AI-driven cyber security

MANISH ALSHI
SENIOR DIRECTOR, CHANNELS & ALLIANCES, INDIA & SOUTH ASIA, CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

“India’s rapid AI adoption and hyperscale cloud growth are fundamentally expanding the attack surface across data centres. According to JLL India’s 2024 report, India’s data centre capacity is expected to cross 1,800 MW by 2026, nearly doubling from 2023 levels. This hyperscale growth requires a shift from perimeter-based protection to AI-driven, prevention-first security. At Check Point, we are scaling AI-ready security for India’s hyperscale data centre environments through our Hybrid Mesh Network Security pillar, delivering unified enforcement across on-premises data centres, hybrid cloud, SASE, and branch environments. Our AI-powered control plane ensures consistent policy enforcement and real-time threat prevention at hyperscale performance levels. Check Point ThreatCloud AI, which analyses data from over 2 billion websites, emails, and sources daily, provides hyperscale-grade threat intelligence to detect zero-day and AI-driven attacks in real time. As AI workloads increase east- west traffic inside data centres, we are strengthening our Exposure Management solutions, enabling continuous threat exposure management to prioritise vulnerabilities and accelerate secure remediation across AI-powered infrastructure environments.

India is positioned to become one of the most strategic AI and hyperscale infrastructure hubs globally. With strong government backing under initiatives such as the IndiaAI Mission and rapid cloud adoption across BFSI, manufacturing, telecom, and digital public infrastructure, India is evolving from a consumption market to an innovation and AI deployment powerhouse. IDC projects AI spending will grow at 2.2 times the rate of overall digital technology spending over the next three years, generating more than $115 billion in economic impact by 2027. Combined with expanding data centre capacity and a digital-first economy, India will play a pivotal role in hosting AI workloads, training models, and delivering digital services across APAC, the Middle East, and Africa, while strengthening its role in the global AI value chain.

India’s rise as a global data centre hub will depend on ecosystem collaboration across hyperscalers, telecom operators, cloud service providers, system integrators, managed security service providers, regulators, and compliance bodies. Secure-by-design hybrid cloud environments, Zero Trust Architecture, NIST-aligned frameworks, and alignment with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act will be critical. As a 100% channel-driven company, we see partners acting as trusted advisors, integrating AI-powered, prevention-first security into complex enterprise and hyperscale environments. Hyperscale without resilience is risk; hyperscale secured by design positions India as a global digital trust leader.”