New Delhi, July 1 -- Mumbai-based ESDS Software Solution Ltd has launched Swaraj Cloud, an AI-powered sovereign cloud platform built and operated entirely in India, as enterprises and government agencies increasingly seek domestic cloud infrastructure amid tighter data localisation and regulatory requirements.
The Nashik-headquartered cloud and data centre company said the platform is designed for sectors such as banking, healthcare, government and other regulated industries that require data to remain under Indian jurisdiction. The launch comes as organisations prepare for compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, sectoral data residency norms and the government's broader push for digital sovereignty.
Unlike cloud offerings built on global hyperscaler infrastructure, Swaraj Cloud runs on ESDS-owned servers and data centres located in India, with workloads designed to remain within Indian legal jurisdiction, the company said.
The company is positioning the platform as an alternative to foreign cloud providers at a time when policymakers and enterprises are increasingly discussing sovereign AI, domestic compute capacity and strategic control over critical digital infrastructure.
"We have built Swaraj Cloud to eliminate the trade-off between sovereignty and capability," said Piyush Somani, promoter, chairman and managing director of ESDS Software Solution. "India has created world-class digital public infrastructure, but a large part of its cloud workloads still run on foreign infrastructure. The next phase of digital transformation requires cloud, AI and compute capabilities that are built and governed within India."
A key differentiator of the platform is what ESDS calls its "Prompt-to-Production" deployment engine. The feature allows enterprises to describe infrastructure requirements in natural language, after which the platform automatically generates a cloud architecture, maps it against compliance requirements, estimates costs in Indian rupees and deploys the environment without manual configuration.
According to the company, the deployment workflow includes automated architecture design, compliance validation, bill-of-materials generation, provisioning, and live billing, reducing infrastructure deployment timelines from weeks to minutes.
The platform also integrates AI development capabilities, including GPU-enabled virtual machines, managed notebooks, model fine-tuning, MLOps pipelines, governance tools and more than 20 pre-built AI models. It further offers managed Kubernetes, container registry, backup, cybersecurity operations, compliance monitoring and developer tools on a single platform.
Komal Somani, whole-time director at ESDS Software Solution, said Indian enterprises have long faced a choice between globally capable cloud platforms and infrastructure designed to meet local sovereignty requirements.
"With Prompt-to-Production, built-in compliance monitoring and a sovereign AI platform, enterprises can now meet both operational and regulatory requirements through a single platform," she said.
The announcement adds to a growing wave of sovereign AI and cloud investments in India. Over the past few months, NeevCloud launched its Agentic Studio for secure AI workloads and announced an orbital AI data centre initiative with AgniKul Cosmos, while CtrlS rolled out an AI-ready sovereign cloud centre in Hyderabad. Separately, the IndiaAI Mission has enlisted several Indian cloud providers to build the country's domestic AI compute ecosystem.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from TechCircle.