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Anthropic Launches Local AI Inference in India via Amazon Bedrock
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CNBC TV18•05-10-2026, 20:21
Anthropic Launches Local AI Inference in India via Amazon Bedrock
- •Anthropic has started providing local AI inference in India through Amazon Bedrock, allowing models like Claude Opus 5, Sonnet 5, and Haiku 4.5 to process data entirely within the country.
- •The update complies with local data processing norms under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, meeting requirements for regulated sectors such as banking and government.
- •Major Indian entities including Reliance, CRED, TCS, and the National Payments Corporation of India are already engaging with the local inference capabilities.
- •The move follows Anthropic opening its Bengaluru office in February and reflects its long-term commitment to growing its team and investments in India.
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Anthropic provides AI inference in India through Amazon Bedrock, ensuring that queries generated in Claude AI are processed on servers located within the country.
The move follows requests from Indian entities to comply with local data processing norms as per the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, providing the data residency assurances needed by regulated sectors.
Early customers testing the local inference service include Reliance Industries and CRED, while the National Payments Corporation of India is building its AiNxt platform using Claude.
