NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and technology services, has announced a strategic global partnership with Google Cloud aimed at accelerating AI-powered cloud innovations and unlocking new opportunities for enterprise organizations across industries.
This collaboration brings together NTT DATA’s extensive expertise in AI, cloud-native modernization, and data engineering with Google Cloud’s cutting-edge analytics, AI, and cloud technologies to deliver scalable, tailored solutions for enterprises.
Focusing on co-innovation, the partnership will develop industry-specific cloud and AI solutions, leveraging NTT DATA’s proven frameworks and best practices alongside Google Cloud’s capabilities. Significant joint go-to-market investments will support seamless adoption across key global markets.
According to Gartner®, worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is projected to reach $723 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024. The growing deployment of AI in IT and business operations is accelerating reliance on modern cloud infrastructure, underscoring the strategic importance of this collaboration.
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“This collaboration with Google Cloud represents a significant milestone in our mission to drive innovation and digital transformation across industries,” said Marv Mouchawar, Head of Global Innovation, NTT DATA. “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.”
“Our partnership with NTT DATA will help enterprises use agentic AI to enhance business processes and solve complex industry challenges,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud. “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.”
Driving AI Innovation Across Industries
NTT DATA will leverage Google Cloud technologies to develop a range of industry-specific AI and cloud solutions, supporting enterprise transformation across banking, insurance, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, life sciences, and the public sector.
In financial services, the partnership will enable regulatory compliance and reporting through NTT DATA solutions like Regla, powered by Google Cloud’s scalable AI infrastructure. In hospitality, NTT DATA’s Virtual Travel Concierge enhances customer experience with 24×7 multilingual support, real-time itinerary planning, and intelligent travel recommendations, utilizing Google’s Gemini models across more than 3 million monthly conversations.
Key focus areas include:
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Industry-specific agentic AI solutions: Developing analytics, decision-making, and client experience innovations using Google Agentspace, Gemini models, secure data clean rooms, and modernized data platforms.
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AI-driven cloud modernization: Accelerating enterprise modernization with Google Distributed Cloud, built and managed on NTT DATA’s global infrastructure from data centers to edge to cloud.
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Next-generation application and security modernization: Enhancing enterprise agility and resilience via mainframe modernization, DevOps, observability, API management, cybersecurity, and SAP on Google Cloud.
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Sovereign cloud innovation: Delivering compliant, secure solutions through air-gapped and connected Google Distributed Cloud deployments to meet regulatory and data sovereignty requirements.
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Google Distributed Cloud sandbox environment: A digital playground enabling developers to build, test, and deploy industry-specific and sovereign cloud solutions, with hands-on training and preconfigured templates to accelerate time to market.
NTT DATA will support these initiatives with a comprehensive suite of advisory, implementation, hosting, and managed services. By combining NTT DATA’s proven delivery expertise with Google Cloud’s technology, the partnership will accelerate scalable enterprise solutions. Central to this strategy is Takumi, NTT DATA’s GenAI framework guiding clients from ideation to enterprise-wide deployment while integrating seamlessly with Google Cloud’s AI stack.
The initiative also expands NTT DATA’s Smart AI Agent Ecosystem, uniting strategic technology partnerships, specialized assets, and AI-ready talent to help clients deploy business-driven AI responsibly at scale.
Accelerating Global Delivery
NTT DATA has established a dedicated global Google Cloud Business Group comprising thousands of engineers, architects, and consultants. This team collaborates closely with Google Cloud to enable enterprise adoption of AI-powered cloud solutions.
The company is also investing in advanced training and certification programs, aiming to certify 5,000 engineers in Google Cloud technologies, strengthening its global leadership in cloud transformation. Joint investments in sales and go-to-market campaigns will further accelerate adoption across priority industries.
Building on Strategic Momentum
This global partnership builds on NTT DATA and Google Cloud’s 2024 co-innovation agreement in APAC and complements NTT DATA’s acquisition of Niveus Solutions, a recognized Google Cloud specialist. Niveus has received three 2025 Google Cloud Awards, validating NTT DATA’s commitment to cloud innovation.
“We’re excited to see the strengthened partnership between NTT DATA and Google Cloud, which continues to deliver measurable impact. Their combined expertise has been instrumental in migrating more than 380 workloads to Google Cloud to align with our cloud-first strategy,” said José Luis González Santana, Head of IT Infrastructure, Carrefour. “By running SAP HANA on Google Cloud, we have consolidated 100 legacy applications to create a powerful, modernized e-commerce platform across 200 hypermarkets. This transformation has given us the agility we need during peak times like Black Friday and enabled us to launch new services faster than ever. Together, NTT DATA and Google Cloud are helping us deliver more connected, seamless experiences for our customers.”
