The US-based company is having its first discussion to set up data center operations in India
Data centers make up data from Indian users and small neighbours
The location or capacity of the proposed data center is not yet clear
Amidst the adoption of AI in the country, ChatGpt developer Openai is reportedly conveyed in the first discussion to set up data centre operations in India.
The data center is made up of data from Indian users and small neighboring countries, and the business standards report citing sources that are close to the issue.
The US-based company is currently in discussions with some data center operators, the report says. However, the location or capacity of the proposed data center is not yet clear.
Development will come at that time Chinese AI company Deepseek has stepped up competition with the launch of the latest inference model.
In India, AI Unicorn Krutrim is deploying Deepseek’s latest basic model, the R1 671B, on Nvidia’s H100 graphics processing unit. Previously, Minister Ashwini Vaishno said the country will host deep sheeks on Indian servers to address privacy concerns.
AI adoption is rising in India, and the country is one of the biggest markets for major AI companies. Last week, Sam Altman, founder and CEO of Openai, visited India along with other executives.
During his meeting with Vaishnaw, Altman said India is a “very important” market for the AI giant. Meanwhile, several executives, including the global vice president of Openai’s Engineering Srinivas Narayanan, met with industry leaders to discuss plans for India’s future.
Openai is also caught up in a legal dispute with Indian publishers. Recent court filings include the company Notified to Delhi High Court (HC) Do not train AI chatbot ChatGPT using content from Indian media groups.
As a result of the rise in AI use, many global giants are investing in India to set up data centres. For example, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Recently announced An investment of 60,000 CR (approximately $700 million) to build a data center in Telangana.
Last year, Tech Giant Microsoft Corporation purchased 48 acres of Hyderabad land in a transaction valued at 267 CR to expand the footprint of its data centers in the country.
