By 2025, Most Apps Will Be Cloud-Native: Satya Nadella, Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said the journey of cloud-native applications have just begun. He emphasised that most of the applications built by 2025 will be cloud native.

Speaking at the Microsoft Future Ready Leadership Summit in Mumbai, Nadella said that cloud-native applications are 10-100x better in many cases.

“Cloud has been a pretty big game-changer,” said Nadella speaking on cloud being one of the digital imperatives. 

The Microsoft CEO is in India on a four-day visit and is scheduled to be in Delhi and Bengaluru apart from Mumbai. 

At Tuesday’s event in Mumbai, Nadella said that cloud was still in its “early to intermediate innings”. He added that his participation in the cloud revolution has been one of the three biggest highlights in his three decades long career.

Hyderabad-born Nadella also drove the point of cloud being crucial for energy efficiency and the debate of sustainability. “When you move to the cloud, its 70-80 per cent more energy efficient. So, if you want to be energy efficient on any workload – the first thing to do is to move to cloud,” he said.

He added that cloud is hedge against energy, demand and important for drawing efficiency with cloud-native development. “To me, this trifecta is pretty compelling.”

According to Canalys data, worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 34 per cent to USD 55.9 billion in Q1 2022, as organisations prioritised digitalisation strategies to meet market challenges.

The Microsoft CEO said his company was investing a lot on cloud during his address. The company has more than 60 cloud regions and over 200 data centres worldwide. “In India, we have regions everywhere and adding a fourth in Hyderabad. So, we are committed to making cloud infrastructure available everywhere,” he said.

He also shared that large Indian entities such Adani, HDFC Bank and YES Bank have chosen Microsoft Azure in their efforts towards cloud adoption. 

“More and more I talk to my partners and customers here, I get excited about the unique things that are happening in India using the cloud. And that's, definitely a real departure from the previous era,” Nadella said.