NTT DATA has expanded its work with Google Cloud on enterprise AI deployments using Gemini Enterprise.
The companies said the work will focus on helping organisations move AI projects beyond pilot stages and into production environments. The collaboration combines Google Cloud’s AI, data, and cloud platform capabilities with NTT DATA’s consulting and implementation services. It also includes NTT DATA’s managed services and industry delivery teams.
The latest agreement builds on a global partnership announced in August 2025. At the time, NTT DATA and Google Cloud said they would work together on agentic AI adoption, cloud-native modernisation, and industry-specific AI solutions. The partnership also covered sovereign cloud capabilities and the creation of a global Google Cloud Business Group within NTT DATA.
Developing agents and deployment teams
NTT DATA is setting up a dedicated global Gemini Enterprise practice as part of the initiative. The company said it aims to certify 5,000 Gemini Enterprise experts worldwide. The effort will be supported by joint training, technical enablement, engineering support, and business planning with Google Cloud.
Abhijit Dubey, CEO and Chief AI Officer of NTT DATA, Inc., said enterprises need “a practical way to scale AI adoption, strengthen governance, enable their workforce and create measurable business value.” He said the expanded partnership with Google Cloud is intended to support AI deployment beyond pilot projects.
The practice will support clients using Gemini Enterprise across business workflows and IT services. NTT DATA and Google Cloud also plan to co-develop up to 500 AI agents for horizontal and sector-focused use cases.
Google Cloud describes Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform as a platform for building, scaling, governing, and optimising AI agents. The company said the platform includes functions for model selection, orchestration, and governance. It also supports evaluation and deployment for enterprise agent development.
The planned agents are expected to cover sectors such as banking, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. They will also support areas including software development, cloud migration, marketing, procurement, and finance. The companies said the work will include reusable agent designs for enterprise environments.
NTT DATA said the programme will use a global factory model for AI agent development, combining reusable assets, engineering teams, and co-innovation pipelines.
The companies will also form joint engineering and innovation teams made up of NTT DATA specialists and Google Cloud engineers. These teams will work with clients on prototyping, deployment, and scaling of selected use cases.
Another part of the programme involves forward-deployed engineers working directly with client teams. NTT DATA said these engineers will be supported by industry domain experts to help address technical issues during deployment.
Matt Renner, President and Chief Revenue Officer at Google Cloud, said the companies are seeing demand for AI agents used in core business workflows. “By developing hundreds of agents and training thousands of experts, NTT DATA is ensuring our joint customers have the specialised resources required,” Renner said.
The collaboration also includes support for sovereign and regulated AI deployments. The companies said this will cover data residency and compliance requirements. It will also include security, governance, and responsible AI considerations, using Google Cloud capabilities and NTT DATA’s data centre and managed services experience.
Cloud investment gap
NTT DATA also cited cloud research on enterprise AI investment. The company said only 14% of organisations describe themselves as “cloud-evolved,” while 99% said AI is increasing their need for cloud investment. The same study found that 88% said current cloud investment levels put AI, cloud-native, and modernisation initiatives at risk.
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