Indian tech firms capitalise on policy changes to localize hardware and software, with CloudPhotonix and DigiBoxx leading the charge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu From data centres to telecom equipment, Indian firms are capitalising on key policy developments to indigenise the Indian tech stack, from both a hardware and software point of view. The main movers are emerging from markets that sell to large businesses. One firm, CloudPhotonix, recently established by veterans of the transceiver industry, has quickly started selling the product to telecom firms, as networks look to move away from foreign, specifically Chinese-made components.  Meanwhile, at least one firm, DigiBoxx, is offering cloud storage and enterprise backup locally in India, anticipating demand from firms seeking to pre-emptively comply with localisation requirements in the wake of laws like the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. While the Act doesn’t currently require data localisation within Indian borders, it leaves that possibility open in some sectors; the Reserve Bank of India already requires Indians’ payment data to be stored locally. Late last year, CloudPhotonix co-founder …