India, May 15 -- Over the past decade, India's cloud ecosystem has moved from being an enterprise-led, cost-optimisation layer to becoming a foundational driver of how digital products are built and scaled.

What began as a shift away from on-premise infrastructure has evolved into a far deeper architectural transformation, shaped by the rise of digital public infrastructure such as Aadhaar and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). With platforms like UPI now processing over 19 Bn transactions a month, the demand for infrastructure has fundamentally changed, pushing companies towards stateless, distributed, and highly resilient systems.

At the same time, cloud is no longer a backend decision. It is increasingly tied to product experience...