Tag: AI Infrastructure
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
Uttar Pradesh Seeks to Turn Data into a Core Growth Lever with State Data Authority
Uttar Pradesh’s 2026–27 Budget signals a deliberate shift in how the state plans to use data and digital infrastructure to drive long‑term growth. A...
IndiaAI Mission Allocated ₹1,000 Crore in Budget 2026
The Union Budget 2026 has allocated ₹1,000 crore to the IndiaAI Mission, lower than the ₹2,000 crore provided in the previous year. Actual expenditure...
Netskope: Only 38% IT Leaders Confident Legacy Infra Handles AI Demands Amid C-Suite Expectation Surge
Netskope's new global research exposes a stark reality: only 38% of infrastructure leaders believe their current IT stacks can handle AI workloads, with just...
MeitY Launches Param Shakti 3.1 Petaflop Supercomputer at IIT Madras
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has inaugurated Param Shakti, a 3.1 petaflop indigenous supercomputing facility at IIT Madras, strengthening India's research capacity...
India’s First Orbital AI Lab Launches as Space Computing Infrastructure Emerges
A Hyderabad-based space technology startup has secured $5 million in seed funding to build India's first orbital data centre infrastructure, marking a significant milestone...
India Data Centre Capacity Set to Reach 9.2 GW by 2030
India’s data centre capacity is projected to jump almost tenfold to 9.2 GW by 2030 from the current 960 MW, driven by AI-heavy compute...
SoftBank Buys DigitalBridge for $4 Billion as AI Push Spurs Data Infrastructure Bet
SoftBank Group has finalized a $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge, positioning the Japanese conglomerate to dominate the physical infrastructure powering AI's global expansion. The...
Mangaluru: 4-5x Cheaper Than Mumbai for AI Data Centres, KDEM Study Confirms
Mangaluru positions itself as one of India's premier coastal data centre destinations, offering land leasing at INR 7.69 per sq ft per month—up to...
TotalEnergies’ 21-Year Solar Deal to Power Google’s Malaysia Data Centres
TotalEnergies has signed a 21-year power supply agreement with Google to deliver 1 terawatt hour of certified renewable electricity to support the tech giant’s...
IBM Nears $11B Confluent Deal to Boost Cloud and AI
IBM is reportedly close to acquiring Confluent for nearly $11 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal, in what would be one of its...
Digital Connexion to Build $11B AI Data Centres in Andhra Pradesh
Digital Connexion has announced a major expansion in India with a plan to invest $11 billion by 2030 to build 1 gigawatt of AI-native...
OpenAI and Foxconn Advance AI Hardware Manufacturing
OpenAI has entered a new collaboration with Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) focused on developing the next generation of hardware required for high-performance AI...
