NTT DATA, a Japan-based digital business and technology services firm, announced Thursday a global partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cloud innovations and unlock new possibilities with AI for enterprise organizations across industries.

NTT DATA said in a statement this collaboration combines the firm’s deep industry expertise in AI, cloud-native modernization and data engineering with Google Cloud’s advanced analytics, AI and cloud technologies to deliver tailored, scalable enterprise solutions.

With a focus on co-innovation, the partnership will drive industry-specific cloud and AI solutions, leveraging NTT DATA’s proven frameworks and best practices along with Google Cloud’s capabilities to deliver customized solutions backed by deep implementation expertise.

Significant joint go-to-market investments will support seamless adoption across key markets.

Cited Gartner®, NTT DATA highlighted that worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to reach $723 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024.

The use of AI deployments in IT and business operations is accelerating the reliance on modern cloud infrastructure, highlighting the critical importance of this strategic global partnership.

“This collaboration with Google Cloud represents a significant milestone in our mission to drive innovation and digital transformation across industries,

“By combining NTT DATA’s deep expertise in AI, cloud-native modernization and enterprise solutions with Google Cloud’s advanced technologies, we are helping businesses accelerate their AI-powered cloud adoption globally and unlock new opportunities for growth,” said Marv Mouchawar, Head of Global Innovation, NTT DATA.

Meanwhile, Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud, said the partnership with NTT DATA will help enterprises use agentic AI to enhance business processes and solve complex industry challenges.

“By combining Google Cloud’s AI with NTT DATA’s implementation expertise, we will enable customers to deploy intelligent agents that modernize operations and deliver significant value for their organizations,” he added.

According to the statement, NTT DATA will leverage Google Cloud technology to develop several industry-specific AI and cloud solutions, accelerating enterprise transformation across sectors including banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, life sciences and the public sector.

Their key focus areas include industry-specific agentic AI solutions; AI-driven cloud modernization; next-generation application and security modernization; sovereign cloud innovation; Google distributed cloud sandbox environment.

NTT DATA will support these innovations through a full-stack suite of services including advisory, building, implementation and ongoing hosting and managed services.

By combining NTT DATA’s proven blueprints and delivery expertise with Google Cloud’s technology, the partnership will accelerate the development of repeatable, scalable solutions for enterprise transformation.

At the heart of this innovation strategy is Takumi, NTT DATA’s GenAI framework that guides clients from ideation to enterprise-wide deployment.

This initiative expands NTT DATA’s Smart AI Agent Ecosystem, which unites strategic technology partnerships, specialized assets and an AI-ready talent engine to help clients deploy and manage responsible, business-driven AI at scale.

To achieve excellence, NTT DATA has established a dedicated global Google Cloud Business Group comprising thousands of engineers, architects and advisory consultants.

This global team at NTT DATA will work in close collaboration with Google Cloud teams to help clients adopt and scale AI-powered cloud technologies.

NTT DATA is also investing in advanced training and certification programs ensuring teams across sales, pre-sales and delivery are equipped to sell, secure, migrate and implement AI-powered cloud solutions.

The company aims to certify 5,000 engineers in Google Cloud technology, further reinforcing its role as a leader in cloud transformation on a global scale.

Additionally, both companies are co-investing in global sales and go-to-market campaigns to accelerate client adoption across priority industries.

By aligning technical, sales and marketing expertise, the companies aim to scale transformative solutions efficiently across global markets.

This global partnership builds on NTT DATA and Google Cloud’s 2024 co-innovation agreement in APAC.

In addition it further strengthens NTT DATA’s acquisition of Niveus Solutions, a Google Cloud specialist, further validating NTT DATA’s commitment to cloud excellence and innovation.

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