Key takeaways
- IBM launches its first infrastructure innovation center in Bengaluru to enhance AI and infrastructure solutions.
- The Sangam Infrastructure Innovation Center aims to co-create AI solutions with various industry partners.
- The center underscores IBM's commitment to India as a strategic hub for global infrastructure innovation.
- It integrates cutting-edge technologies, hybrid cloud capabilities, and AI to accelerate enterprise transformation.
- IBM emphasizes the importance of infrastructure in advancing India's AI journey and innovation pace.
IBM on March 5 unveiled its first infrastructure innovation centre housed within its new India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) campus.
Called the Sangam Infrastructure Innovation Center, the company in a statement said the centre, opened in Bengaluru, underscores IBM’s continued investment in India as a strategic hub for advanced infrastructure engineering and AI innovation serving both domestic and global markets.
The centre is expected to bring together IBM’s systems architects and infrastructure specialists from ISDL to co-create AI solutions with clients, Independent Software Vendors, Global System Integrators, Global Capability Centres and ecosystem partners.
The centre, IBM said, brings together cutting-edge infrastructure technologies, hybrid cloud capabilities and AI solutions under one roof, and is designed to accelerate the development and deployment of secure, scalable and responsible enterprise AI systems.
The initiative supports enterprise transformation in India while contributing to global infrastructure innovation.
“India is at a pivotal moment in its AI journey, and infrastructure is what will define the pace and scale at which organisations can innovate,” said Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India and South Asia.
“This centre reflects IBM’s long-term commitment to India and strengthens our ability to design, build, and scale infrastructure solutions locally; tailored to India’s unique market needs while contributing to global innovation,” Patel said, adding that resilient, secure, and high-performance infrastructure will be the bedrock of India’s transformation as a global AI leader.
Subhathra Srinivasaraghavan, Vice President, IBM India Systems Development Lab, said, “AI is only as powerful as the infrastructure that supports it. From hybrid cloud platforms to data architectures and automation, the backbone of AI lies in robust, secure and scalable infrastructure.”
Srinivasaraghavan said that the centre brings together deep systems engineering expertise and ecosystem collaboration to help clients operationalise AI at scale while ensuring performance, security, governance, and reliability across mission-critical environments.
The launch builds on strong infrastructure investment trends highlighted in a recent study by the IBM Institute for Business Value, which found that 58% of Indian organisations have increased infrastructure investments due to rising AI demand.
The study also projected a 19% growth in infrastructure budgets in 2025, with 43% of organisations establishing or planning AI centres of excellence.
As enterprises move from experimentation to scaled deployment, infrastructure readiness is emerging as a strategic priority, the company said.
IBM’s ISDL is the largest development hub in IBM’s Infrastructure division, which includes the Systems, Cloud and Technology Lifecycle Services business units.
It was established in 1997 and has development teams in Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad. The teams work on projects across the IBM infrastructure, hardware and software portfolio, including development, test, product support, design engineering, cloud platform and DevOps activities.
