Tata Starbucks, the joint venture between Tata Consumer Products and Starbucks Corporation, has turned EBITDA and EBIT positive in FY26 and is now targeting a sharply faster India expansion, with long-term potential of up to 8,000 stores and a near-term goal of adding 50–100 outlets annually while focusing on margins and sustainable profitability.

Zoho Corporation launches Nathu La, an Intel Xeon 6-based server platform designed in Nagpur to cut power use and total cost of ownership while reinforcing the company’s vertically integrated technology stack and tackling rising AI infrastructure costs across its global data centers.

Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5, its most capable broadly accessible Mythos-class model, alongside the more restricted Claude Mythos 5, combining state-of-the-art coding, finance, and vision performance with classifier-based safety systems, data retention rules, and tiered access for high-risk cybersecurity and life sciences use cases.

Persistence Market Research forecasts the data center liquid cooling market will jump from US$5.7 billion in 2026 to US$29.2 billion by 2033, driven by AI, high-performance computing, machine learning, and hyperscale cloud deployments that demand higher rack densities and better energy efficiency.

India is rolling out phased FDI reforms across insurance and sovereign bond markets, pairing 100% insurance FDI with tax relief and RBI’s expanded Fully Accessible Route to strengthen its case for Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index inclusion and potentially attract over $50 billion in capital inflows.

Google Cloud reported intermittent network disruptions for customers in India after a fire at a third-party data centre forced an emergency shutdown, isolating a Delhi point of presence and reducing capacity across major hubs including Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai, with no immediate workaround while traffic is rerouted and mitigation measures are assessed.

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says India may need a new AI law beyond the IT Act 2000, as the government tightens deepfake rules while pushing the IndiaAI Mission and semiconductor roadmap.

Reliance Industries and Meta Platforms will develop a 168 MW, AI-enabled, renewable-powered data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, Meta’s first built-to-suit facility in India.

Paytm plans to hire 4,000 employees over the next nine to twelve months while cutting about 1% of staff, after sharp workforce swings, rising profits, and a 7% stock gain that still leaves shares over 50% below their 2021 listing.

Tata Consultancy Services Chairman N. Chandrasekaran outlines an AI-first strategy that will slow large-scale hiring as AI agents scale to match its 600,000-strong workforce, even as TCS builds new AI-driven roles.