OWAIS MOHAMMED,
SALES DIRECTOR - INDIA, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA, WD
“India's data center ecosystem is entering a defining phase as AI, cloud and digital services accelerate demand for data infrastructure. As AI adoption grows, the challenge is no longer just about adding compute. It is about building data infrastructure that can efficiently store, manage, and move data efficiently at scale. At WD (Western Digital), our focus is on helping customers build storage architectures that support the entire AI lifecycle, balancing performance, capacity and economics across enterprise, cloud and hyperscale environments.
Architecting for AI means making deliberate decisions about how and where data is placed and retained to support increasingly complex workloads. High-performance storage accelerates active tasks, while high- density, energy-efficient capacity storage handles growing volumes of training data and long-term retention. Getting those tiers right is also how operators address power and sustainability pressures: the more efficiently you store data, the less energy and physical footprint you consume as workloads grow, making storage design a critical factor in infrastructure planning.
The opportunity ahead is significant: India has the data volumes, the regulatory momentum, and the investment pipeline to build world-class AI infrastructure. The challenge is doing so sustainably, economically and securely, at scale and speed. That is where storage strategy becomes a competitive differentiator, not just a procurement decision, as organizations look to scale their AI capabilities.”
