IBM launches Sangam infrastructure innovation centre in Bengaluru to accelerate enterprise AI

The centre will bring together IBM engineers, ISVs, GSIs and enterprise partners to co-create AI infrastructure and solutions.

IBM has launched its first infrastructure innovation centre in India to support enterprise-scale artificial intelligence development.

The facility, called the Sangam infrastructure innovation centre, is located at the company’s new India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) campus in Bengaluru.

The centre will serve as a collaborative engineering hub where IBM’s systems architects and infrastructure specialists will work with customers and ecosystem partners to build AI-driven infrastructure solutions.

IBM said the centre will combine hybrid cloud capabilities, infrastructure technologies and AI solutions under one roof to accelerate the development and deployment of secure and scalable enterprise AI systems.

The company will collaborate with Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Global System Integrators (GSIs), Global Capability Centres (GCCs) and other ecosystem partners through the facility.

IBM’s managing director, India & South Asia, Sandip Patel, said across industries, enterprises in India are modernising mission-critical systems to become AI-ready.

This Centre reflects IBM’s long-term commitment to India and strengthens ability to design, build, and scale infrastructure solutions locally; tailored to India’s unique market needs while contributing to global innovation, said Patel.

As India advances toward becoming a global AI leader, resilient, secure, and high-performance infrastructure will be the bedrock of that transformation, he added.

The launch comes as enterprises increase investments in infrastructure to support AI deployments.

A study by the IBM Institute for Business Value found that 58 percent of Indian organisations have increased infrastructure investments due to rising AI demand.

The report also projects 19 percent growth in infrastructure budgets in 2025, with 43 percent of organisations either establishing or planning AI Centres of Excellence.

IBM India Systems Development Lab, vice president, Subhathra Srinivasaraghavan, said 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 Bengaluru launch follows another recent AI initiative by IBM in India.

Last month, the company opened an AI GovTech Innovation Centre in Lucknow to develop and scale artificial intelligence solutions for government departments and public services.

The Lucknow centre is focused on building AI-driven applications for governance use cases such as citizen services, administrative automation and data-driven decision-making.