Contributing to India’s Cloud Growth

Dr Archana Verma

Pinkesh Kotecha is Chairman and MD, Ishan Technologies

How is Ishan Technologies contributing to India’s Cloud growth journey, particularly in enabling secure, AI-driven scalability for enterprises?

India’s digital economy is on a high-growth trajectory, with the public Cloud services market projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2028. At Ishan Technologies, we’ve always believed that access to secure, scalable and intelligent Cloud solutions shouldn’t be limited to a few – it should be available to every enterprise, every startup and every government body driving change at the grassroots.

Ishan Technologies is playing a vital role in India’s Cloud growth journey by empowering enterprises with secure, AI-driven scalability. As AI adoption accelerates, it demands robust, scalable and secure datacentre infrastructure. Ishan enables enterprises to rapidly expand their Cloud capabilities to support AI workloads, with security built in as a fundamental layer rather than an afterthought.

Located in the heart of Mumbai, where most major dat centres are already operating at capacity, Ishan’s Mumbai DC 1 stands out as a cutting-edge facility. Built on advanced AMD technology, it is MeitY-empanelled and rated as a Tier 3 data centre, ensuring high availability, performance and compliance for mission-critical enterprise workloads. Through this, Ishan is not only meeting the demands of today’s AI-driven expansion but also strengthening India’s digital and cloud-first future.

Tell us how the partnership with AMD is helping Ishan optimise cloud workloads. What specific benefits are you seeing in terms of performance, security, and agility for your clients?

Our partnership with AMD is a strategic step toward building an AI-ready, high-performance Cloud ecosystem in India. By integrating AMD EPYC processors into our Mumbai Datacentre, we’ve been able to deliver exceptional computing power, higher core density and better parallel processing capabilities – all of which are critical for today’s data-intensive workloads. This has significantly enhanced our ability to serve enterprises across sectors like BFSI, manufacturing, ITES and government, especially those seeking to run AI/ML, real-time analytics, and low-latency applications efficiently.

From a client standpoint, the benefits have been immediate – faster processing speeds, reduced infrastructure footprint, and greater energy efficiency. More importantly, this collaboration aligns with India’s data localization goals and ensures secure, scalable cloud solutions that meet regulatory standards. With AMD’s robust architecture backing our infrastructure, we’re enabling our clients to move faster, stay compliant, and innovate with confidence in a rapidly transforming digital landscape.

In a market dominated by hyperscalers, how does Ishan differentiate itself as a trusted provider of tailored cloud solutions across sectors like BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing and retail?

In a market dominated by hyperscalers, Ishan Technologies differentiates itself by offering trusted, sector-specific cloud solutions tailored for industries like BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.

We offer connectivity, Cloud infrastructure and system integration services as a seamless, unified solution, allowing customers to work with a single trusted partner rather than coordinating across multiple service providers. This ensures operational simplicity, stronger accountability, and consistent SLA-driven service delivery.

Ishan’s Mumbai DC1 is compliant to PCI DSS, HIPAA and SOC 2 certifications that are critical for industries handling sensitive financial, health, and operational data.

With a focus on bespoke cloud solutions, agile deployment, and direct customer engagement, Ishan empowers enterprises to scale securely and flexibly – providing the responsiveness and personalisation that hyperscalers often lack.

What are some of the key challenges you face while operating in this space, and how do you overcome them?

Operating in India’s rapidly evolving ICT and cloud landscape comes with its own set of challenges. One of the key hurdles is navigating the fragmented digital infrastructure across geographies, which impacts latency and user experience. Additionally, with growing regulatory requirements around data localisation and cybersecurity, ensuring continuous compliance and risk mitigation becomes critical – especially when catering to sectors like BFSI and healthcare.

At Ishan Technologies, we overcome these challenges through a compliance-first, technology-driven and process-mature approach. We meet India’s stringent data localisation mandates by hosting infrastructure within state-of-the-art, TIA and Tier-3 standard datacentres, certified for PCI DSS, SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance. Being MeitY-empanelled further strengthens our credibility for handling regulated and sensitive workloads.

Ishan deliver high uptime through robust SLAs, ensuring smooth performance even across distributed geographies. Our Cloud Managed Services team supports a wide range of hardware, operating systems, databases and middleware platforms, allowing enterprises to migrate and manage both legacy and modern applications with ease. All our services follow ITIL best practices, ISO standards, and are supported by CMMI-certified processes — ensuring consistency, quality and continuous improvement. Through this comprehensive approach, Ishan Technologies empowers businesses to expand securely, stay compliant and offer better digital experiences across India’s dynamic market.

What has been Ishan Technologies’ business growth in the past year in terms of revenue percentage and what key factors have contributed to this growth?

Over the past year, Ishan Technologies has achieved impressive revenue growth of approximately 62%, rising from ₹354.10 crore in FY22-23 to ₹575.96 crore in FY 23-24. This growth has been driven by strategic investments in infrastructure, including the expansion of a Tier-3 rated datacentre in Mumbai, positioning Ishan as a leading provider of scalable, compliant and AI-ready Cloud solutions. The company’s focus on diverse sectors such as education (serving six Indian Institutes of Management and Ahmedabad University); and manufacturing and retail has helped deepen client relationships and build strong domain expertise. Additionally, Ishan has expanded its involvement in the public sector, contributing to 13 smart city projects across cities like Surat and Rajkot. Our global partnerships with leading technology providers like Nokia, Oracle and Sprinklr further enhance our offerings, allowing us to deliver cutting-edge solutions tailored to our clients’ evolving needs. In line with our commitment to innovation, we recently launched One Secure Managed SASE and CXConnect for our contact centre offerings, delivering enhanced security, connectivity and customer experience capabilities. This broad sectoral focus, combined with robust Cloud Managed Services and adherence to key industry standards like PCI DSS, SOC 2 and HIPAA, has been instrumental in driving the company’s consistent business momentum and revenue growth.