NTT DATA has announced a global partnership with Google Cloud to develop new artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-native solutions aimed at accelerating technology modernization for enterprise organizations across multiple industries. The partnership combines NTT DATA’s experience in AI-driven frameworks and cloud engineering with Google Cloud’s advanced analytics, AI, and cloud infrastructure. The companies have reported that this effort will deliver scalable and industry-specific solutions, and that significant investment will support global adoption and delivery.
The partnership will prioritize applications for data center modernization, as NTT DATA will deploy Google Distributed Cloud to deliver secure, modernized infrastructure across data centers, edge environments, and public cloud. Key focus areas include the development of industry-specific agentic AI solutions using Google Agentspace and Gemini large language models, along with secure data clean rooms and updated data platforms. NTT DATA reports that it will strengthen application security and modernization for enterprise workloads, including mainframe migration, DevOps, API management, and SAP migration to Google Cloud. For clients with strict sovereign cloud requirements, the companies will support both air-gapped and connected deployments using Google Distributed Cloud to address regulatory and data residency needs without limiting innovation.
The new partnership covers verticals such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and public sector. One example cited is the use of NTT DATA’s Regla platform, which leverages Google Cloud’s AI tools to support compliance and reporting in financial services. In the hospitality sector, NTT DATA’s Virtual Travel Concierge uses Google Gemini models to conduct real-time itinerary planning and customer interactions, managing over three million conversations each month.
NTT DATA has established a dedicated Google Cloud Business Group with thousands of engineers, architects, and consultants to accelerate global delivery, and aims to certify 5,000 engineers in Google Cloud technology. The company is investing in training, sales, and co-marketing with Google Cloud to drive adoption. These efforts build on NTT DATA’s existing Smart AI Agent Ecosystem and its Takumi generative AI framework, which is designed to guide clients from initial concept to enterprise deployment for next-generation AI use cases.
A quote from Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem at Google Cloud, described technical aims of the partnership: “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.”
Recent efforts build on the companies’ 2024 agreement in the Asia-Pacific region and NTT DATA’s acquisition of Niveus Solutions, a Google Cloud specialist. The press release notes that NTT DATA and Google Cloud teams have jointly migrated more than 380 workloads at Carrefour to Google Cloud, including consolidation of 100 legacy applications onto SAP HANA for improved scalability and e-commerce agility.
Source: NTT DATA
