Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, urging the world to “design and develop in India” and to deliver AI benefits globally.
- Google’s Sundar Pichai pledged subsea cable builds as part of an existing $15 billion AI infrastructure plan for India, while Nvidia outlined partnerships to supply advanced processors to Indian cloud providers.
- India’s IT minister said the country anticipates more than $200 billion in AI-related investments over the next two years, reinforcing India’s bid to scale data centers and cloud capacity.
- The government highlighted a public–private compute platform offering access to 38,000 GPUs at affordable rates, with a plan to add 20,000 more for startups, researchers and students.
- UN Secretary‑General António Guterres called for a $3 billion fund to help poorer countries build AI capacity, as the summit noted logistical glitches and Bill Gates’ withdrawal from a scheduled keynote.