On August 7, 2025, Autodesk—headquartered in San Francisco—announced a strategic expansion of its regional cloud data infrastructure to include India. This move enables businesses and public-sector organizations, particularly those in regulated domains such as infrastructure, government, and utilities, to store and manage project data locally, choosing India as their primary storage location when using Autodesk’s cloud collaboration tools.
Enhanced Compliance, Security & Trust
This initiative is a direct response to the concerns voiced by Indian organizations: according to Autodesk’s 2025 State of Design & Make report, 37% of Indian firms expressed a lack of trust in digital tools, citing data security vulnerabilities. By allowing data to reside within India, Autodesk aims to strengthen confidence in its secure, cloud-based design and collaboration solutions. The company highlights that this aligns with India’s broader digital transformation journey, which is reshaping industries by converging infrastructure growth with data-driven innovation.
Technology & Services Behind the Launch
The India-based regional storage functionality applies to several Autodesk products, including Autodesk Docs, BIM Collaborate, and BIM Collaborate Pro—the latter combining Revit Cloud Worksharing and Collaboration for Civil 3D workflows.
Underpinning this rollout is Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure deployed in India. This leverages AWS’s regional presence—spanning the Mumbai and Hyderabad zones—and enhances latency, security, and compliance.
Globally, India now joins a growing list of regions—United States, European Union, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Canada—where Autodesk delivers regional data storage capabilities.
Moreover, Autodesk officially announced on June 30, 2025, that India (alongside the UK, Germany, Japan, and Canada) is now available as a primary data storage region for its Autodesk Construction Cloud offerings.
Strategic Vision & Long-Term Growth
Kamolika Peres Gupta, Vice President of Autodesk India & SAARC, emphasized that India is a strategic growth market. She highlighted the company’s commitment to delivering tailored “design and make” solutions suited to Indian realities, reinforcing its dedication to enabling a resilient, tech-enabled infrastructure and supporting customers to lead with confidence in a digital-first environment.
Furthermore, Autodesk’s broader India-focused initiatives also include the launch of locally adapted Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools. Unveiled during the “Viksit Bharat” summit in June 2025, these tools integrate Indian standards—such as DSR, IRC, MoRTH, and IR standards—into platforms like Revit and Civil 3D. This embedded compliance helps designers and engineers align with local regulations while enhancing precision and collaboration.
Broader Implications & Outlook
- Regulatory Alignment & Data Sovereignty
India’s evolving data protection landscape underscores a growing preference for data localization and sovereignty—especially in sectors handling sensitive infrastructure data. Autodesk’s regional offering supports this demand by ensuring data stays within national borders. - Performance & Operational Efficiency
Hosting data within India reduces latency and improves the responsiveness of cloud-based tools—a significant benefit for architectural, engineering, and construction workflows that demand real-time collaboration and large-file processing. - Accelerating Cloud Adoption in AECO
By removing trust and compliance barriers, Autodesk is facilitating broader adoption of cloud-native solutions across India’s AECO sector—paving the way for greater innovation, scalability, and operational efficiency. - Future-Proofing Infrastructure Digitalization
Autodesk’s local storage and tailored toolsets align well with national initiatives like Digital India and Make in India. These developments are poised to become integral to the country’s digital infrastructure and smart city ambitions.
Conclusion
Autodesk’s launch of regional offerings in India marks a pivotal milestone in the company’s global strategy, catering to the unique needs of one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies. By coupling local data storage with customized BIM solutions, Autodesk is not only addressing critical data security and compliance concerns—but also enabling smarter, faster, and more sustainable infrastructure development in India.
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