At the Microsoft AI Tour in Bengaluru, Nadella said India now has more than 21.9 million developers on GitHub
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, on Thursday, said that India is slated to become the largest developer community on GitHub.
At the Microsoft AI Tour in Bengaluru, Nadella said India now has more than 21.9 million developers on GitHub and is on track to become the world’s largest developer community by 2030, with a projected 57.5 million users. The US is expected to follow with 54.7 million developers, up from 28.1 million today, while China is projected to reach 17.7 million by the end of the decade. Microsoft had acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion in stock.
“It’s fantastic to see the engagement and projects coming out of India. As a platform company, it’s exciting to see builders take a platform shift and make it their own by bringing their creativity and entrepreneurial energy. We’re not building for the sake of it, but to create impact. Ultimately, it’s about the customer and employee experience that’s changed, and the operational efficiency we can bring to any institution. Any place where you can move the needle on how fast it will innovate. That’s ultimately the measure of any technology,” he said.
Steady progress
Nadella also outlined the company’s focus on building secure, sovereign-ready hyperscale infrastructure to accelerate AI adoption in India. He noted that Microsoft is making steady progress on the India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad, which is scheduled to go live in mid-2026 and will become the company’s largest hyperscale region in the country, with three availability zones. He added that Microsoft will continue expanding its three existing data centre regions in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Pune.
This announcement complements Microsoft’s recent commitment to invest $17.5 billion across CY26 to CY29, its largest investment in Asia, to advance the country’s cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling, and ongoing operations. It builds on the $3 billion investment announced earlier in 2025, which it is on track to spend by the end of CY26.
Published on December 11, 2025