Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...

Quest Global reports that 90% of its women employees—nine in ten—hold technical and engineering roles, far exceeding global STEM benchmarks where women comprise about 28% of the workforce, with female talent directly tackling clients’ most complex challenges. Women constitute 25% of the global workforce, achieving near parity at the Trivandrum centre (46% women, 54% men), one of the company’s largest engineering hubs, demonstrating scalable...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is in advanced discussions with multiple hyperscalers to construct additional AI data centres in India, following its agreement with OpenAI to develop facilities ranging from 100 megawatts to 1 gigawatt, as Bloomberg first reported. CEO K Krithivasan highlighted a projected national requirement of 10 gigawatts of AI data centre capacity by 2030, against only 5 to 6 gigawatts currently announced,...

Reports indicate that OpenAI is developing a code-hosting platform to rival Microsoft’s GitHub, driven by recent service disruptions that affected engineer productivity and highlighted dependency risks on third-party infrastructure. The project remains in early stages, with potential commercialisation through sales to OpenAI’s enterprise customer base, representing a direct challenge to Microsoft despite the software giant’s significant ownership stake in OpenAI. This move aligns with...

Gartner projects worldwide PC shipments to fall 10.4% and smartphone shipments to drop 8.4% in 2026 compared to 2025, marking the lowest device volumes in over a decade due to a 130% surge in DRAM and solid-state drive prices. This escalation will raise PC prices by 17% and smartphone prices by 13%, concentrating demand on premium segments while eroding affordability for entry-level buyers. Memory...

Micron Technology’s new assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, represents a pivotal step in moving India from a pure consumption market to a meaningful node in the global semiconductor supply chain. The plant will convert advanced DRAM and NAND wafers sourced from Micron’s global fabs into finished memory and storage products, directly supporting demand from AI workloads, data centres, and device manufacturers worldwide....

India's corporate real estate leaders have accelerated AI adoption to 91% actively piloting workplace applications, up from under 5% in 2023, yet only 5% report achieving most objectives according to JLL's latest report. The "India’s AI Revolution in Corporate Real Estate" study, drawn from the JLL Global Real Estate Technology Survey 2025, highlights a stark execution gap amid 93% of executives prioritising workplace cost...

The Government of Andhra Pradesh unveiled a strategic partnership with IBM, BharatGen, and NxtGen to construct the Swadeshi AI Stack, a comprehensive sovereign AI technology framework tailored for citizen-centric applications in Telugu and other Indian languages. This unified platform consolidates foundation models, government datasets, software layers, and deployment infrastructure to operate seamlessly on sovereign clouds or on-premises data centers, targeting governance, welfare delivery, agriculture,...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu signed seven Memoranda of Understanding and Letters of Intent at India AI Impact Summit 2026, prioritising higher education, advanced skilling, and school transformation as foundations of the state's AI strategy. The partnerships position Andhra Pradesh to develop AI infrastructure, quantum capabilities, and statewide talent pipelines supporting Viksit Bharat objectives. IBM, UNICC, NIELIT Anchor Higher Education Push IBM India committed...

Tiger Analytics, a global leader in AI and advanced analytics consulting, signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Bihar at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The partnership establishes one of India's largest Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence (AI CoE) in Bihar, with IIT Patna serving as knowledge partner alongside key ecosystem...