Tech Data Collaborates with NetApp to Launch AI Test Drive Centre
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX company, has announced its collaboration with NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, to launch its AI Test Drive Centre, named Tech Data India Experience Centre | NetApp Enabled. Modelled as an AI-focused Center of Excellence (COE), it will enable channel partners and their customers to test and launch AI-powered proof of concepts.
With this collaboration, the two organisations will be able to deliver ready-made architecture to test the feasibility and reliability of AI applications without operational or technological complexities. Contd
Tech Data and NetApp will create synergies to elevate the Test Drive Centre’s capabilities. Tech Data will bring its end-to-end innovation with the Destination AI framework, which supports partners across their AI maturity journey from awareness to post-sales. NetApp will contribute its advanced solutions portfolio, which combines hardware and software to optimise AI workloads.
This collaboration will deliver a ready-made infrastructure for partners to test the feasibility and reliability of AI applications without operational or technological complexities. Tech Data’s Digital Practice Builder will complement this by enabling partners with AI skillsets across the technology’s wide reach, further democratizing AI-led innovation.
“Enterprises in India are rapidly moving from experimentation to real-world AI adoption, where the focus is on measurable business outcomes,” said Sundaresan K., Senior VP and Country General Manager, Tech Data Advanced. “Together with NetApp, we are committed to helping partners in India leverage this Test Drive Center and our extensive AI portfolio to translate potential across operations into tangible value.”
Jordan Felts, Global Alliance Director – Distribution, NetApp said,“Our new Test Drive Centre will not just simplify AI journeys; it will place the power of AI where it belongs: in the hands of the businesses, teams and individuals who need it most. We are thrilled to tap into Tech Data’s immense partner network and deep market expertise in India and deliver the modernization the country needs to fast-track its AI growth story.”
