As India steadily advances towards its $1 trillion digital economy goal, a growing yet often overlooked threat looms over Indians' data security landscape. Although foreign hyperscale platforms promise startups and enterprises safe and secure data management, they remain subject to US surveillance laws such as the CLOUD Act, FISA, and the Patriot Act.
Almost 80% of India’s digital infrastructure relies on platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. However, the recent incident where Microsoft cut access to Outlook, Teams, and cloud services for Nayara Energy, due to compliance with EU sanctions on Russian-aligned entities has raised serious concerns among Indian companies, authorities, and the government about the security of our data stored outside the country.
This situation underscores the urgent need for India to develop its own cloud platform, empowering businesses to support the country’s technological sovereignty by adopting homegrown cloud infrastructure. Highlighting the importance of data sovereignty, Mr. Manoj Dhanda, Founder and CTO of Utho, said, “You can’t build Digital Bharat on someone else’s server. Startups, banks, and government agencies have an opportunity to safeguard our digital future while driving innovation on Indian soil. If you don’t own the cloud, you don’t own your future.”
Mr. Dhandha added, “Data is the lifeblood of every modern business. By hosting it in India, we not only ensure compliance and security but also contribute to a stronger, self-reliant digital ecosystem. Our mission at Utho is to provide world-class cloud infrastructure built in Bharat, for Bharat.”
Utho is positioned as India’s first end-to-end sovereign cloud platform, with state-of-the-art data centers in Noida, Bangalore, and Mumbai. Services span the entire cloud spectrum - from compute to networking and storage - with hyperscaler-grade capabilities, ensuring businesses never have to compromise on performance or face avoidable glitches. We believe Indian technology should be powerful and self-reliant. Core services such as VPC, Load Balancers, EBS, and Managed Kubernetes operate fully under Indian jurisdiction, guaranteeing data locality and eliminating foreign dependencies.
The company views its work as part of a broader movement towards Digital Swaraj, inviting policymakers, enterprises, and entrepreneurs to unite in building a resilient and future-ready cloud ecosystem within India.
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