INDIGENOUS cloud service provider AceCloud will offer Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek-based technology models to businesses with claims that the data residency will remain in India, the company said on Friday. AceCloud offerings include over six DeepSeek models. “AceCloud today announced the availability of DeepSeek GenAI models on dedicated and shared environments on its Cloud Platform. AceCloud is the first Indian sovereign cloud provider to offer DeepSeek GenAI models at scale on its cloud platform to cater to businesses’ evolving requirements while ensuring that the data residency never exits India in line with the country’s data protection requirements,” the company said in a statement.

 

With this, AceCloud has become the first Indian sovereign cloud provider to offer DeepSeek GenAI models. Chinese company DeepSeek made headlines after its AI model R1 overtook ChatGPT as the top-ranked free app on Apple’s App Store, challenging the AI dominance concentrated so far with the US firms, particularly Silicon Valley frontrunner Open AI. AI chipmaker and Wall Street superstar Nvidia shed USD 590 billion in market capitalisation on Monday, suffering the single greatest one-day value wipeout of any firm in history.

 

While large firms like OpenAI have invested billions in developing AI engines, DeepSeek claims to have developed its platform with investment of just USD 6 million. Critics, however, have raised concerns about data security and privacy as Deepseek is based in China. The company said that its dedicated environment for DeepSeek GenAI models will enable businesses to exercise complete control of their exclusive DeepSeek instance.