Indian data company to build Asia’s biggest AI hub

An Indian data center company has announced plans to develop one of Asia’s largest AI hubs.

The $2 billion facility will make use of thousands of Nvidia chips, designed to handle massive AI workloads and accelerate research in machine learning and generative AI, Yotta Data Services said in a statement. 

“We’re deploying 20,736 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, building one of Asia’s largest AI superclusters with a $2 billion+ investment,” the company said on X.

Nvidia will set up a large DGX Cloud cluster within Yotta’s infrastructure in an agreement worth $1 billion as part of project, the Indian company said.

The hub is expected to be operational by August and will be located at its Greater Noida campus.

“Expanding AI factory capacity in India strengthens NVIDIA’s regional footprint while supporting India’s ambition to build secure, sovereign, and globally competitive AI,” NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said in the statement.

The Indian company said it has also committed over 10,000 NVIDIA chips from the AI supercluster to the IndiaAI Mission, supporting foundation model development, research institutions, startups, and public AI platforms.

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The development comes as New Delhi is pushing for a firm presence in the global artificial intelligence race and as the country emerges as one of the key data center markets in Asia.

On Tuesday, Adani Group announced plans to invest $100 billion to set up data centers in the country by 2035.

Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have already committed to investing a combined $68 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in India by 2030.

A surge in global demand for cloud services, spurred by an AI boom, has prompted companies to make investments in data center facilities globally.