‘India generates 20% of data, but has 2% of data centres’

Intel has been present in India for over 30 years. It has over 14,000 employees where 90% of them are technical, working on different product lines and doing different pieces of R&D or engineering work. There is a tonne of value in having a good, large R&D site that not only helps Intel scale but also helps solve local problems, two senior executives — Steve A. Long, GM of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, Intel Corp, and Santhosh Viswanathan, MD & VP, Sales, Marketing & Communications Group, Intel India – tells Sudhir Chowdhary in a joint interview. Excerpts:

How is Intel navigating the current scenario of volatility vis-à-vis geopolitics and supply chain disruptions?