CNCF and SlashData's State of Cloud Native Development in India report reveals India has approximately 2.25 million cloud native developers as of Q1 2026, representing about 11% of the global total. Key findings include hybrid cloud adoption at 44% (exceeding the global average of 34%), Kubernetes usage among Indian backend developers at 42% (surpassing container adoption at 39%), and roughly half of professional AI developers in India using cloud native infrastructure. The community skews young, with 70% of India's cloud native developers under age 35 compared to 39% globally.
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