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So, baat karte hain yeh tech centers aur data center ki. Uber ka plan hai ki 2027 tak Bengaluru mein ek zabardast tech hub banaye jo America ke bahar unka sabse bada hub hoga! Yahan 5,000 logon ke liye 1.1 million square feet ki jagah hogi. Aur Hyderabad mein bhi ek centre aa raha hai jisme 4,600 log kaam kar payenge, yeh 901,115 square feet mein faila hoga. Issi ke saath, yeh log Adani Group ke saath milkar issi saal India mein apna pehla data center bhi launch kar rahe hain. Basically, India ko apna innovation engine bana rahe hain.
Ab aate hain 2-wheeler market pe. Yeh India mein growth ka ek major factor ban gaya hai. Yahan Rapido se kadi takkar mil rahi hai, jo bike-taxi aur auto mein kaafi aage hai. Apni position mazboot karne ke liye, Uber ne February 2026 mein apni Indian subsidiary mein $330 million invest kiye hain. Jabki Uber ka 4-wheeler market mein hold hai, Rapido overall rides mein lead karta hai, isliye Uber ko is price-sensitive market ke liye apna strategy change karna pad raha hai.
Yeh sab isliye ho raha hai kyunki India ka ride-hailing market next level pe jaane wala hai. FY2032 tak yeh $3.7 billion ko cross kar sakta hai, aur iski growth rate 18.78% CAGR pakdi hui hai. Urbanization aur digital access badhne se yeh sab ho raha hai. Uber ke CEO ne bataya ki global factors jaise geopolitical tensions ya fuel prices doosre markets ko affect kar rahe hain, lekin India mein abhi tak Uber ke profit margins pe koi khaas fark nahi pada hai, unlike US. Haan, agar LPG aur CNG ke prices badhe toh Indian transport sector affected ho sakta hai. Yeh tech center plans India ke 'Create in India' initiative se bhi match karte hain.
Par mushkil bhi kam nahi hai. Rapido 2 aur 3-wheeler segment mein king hai aur unka driver-friendly zero-commission model Uber ke commission-based earnings pe pressure dalta hai. Uber India ki subsidiary ne FY25 mein 89% net revenue drop dikhaya hai aur losses badh rahe hain, partly because of driver incentives pe zyada kharcha. Fuel prices abhi margins ko affect nahi kar rahe, par future mein supply issues se costs badh sakti hain. Aur alag-alag states ke regulatory differences bhi ek challenge hai. Pehle Uber Eats bhi band karna pada tha India mein.
Waise analysts Uber ko lekar kaafi positive hain. Unka consensus 'Strong Buy' hai aur average target price $105.01 se $108.21 ke beech hai, jo future growth dikhata hai. Company ka trailing P/E ratio 18-19 ke aas paas hai, jo industry se kam hai, matlab valuation attractive ho sakta hai. Q1 2026 mein unhone $0.72 EPS report kiya tha jo expectations se behtar tha, aur Q2 ke liye $0.78 se $0.82 ka guidance diya hai. India mein yeh investments long-term expansion ke liye kaafi important hain.