Abu Dhabi’s G42 and U.S.-based Cerebras have announced a strategic collaboration to launch an advanced supercomputer in India, boasting a processing capacity of 8 exaflops. This initiative was unveiled during the India AI Impact Summit held in New Delhi, heralding a new era of computing resources tailored for AI applications.
The new supercomputer will comply with Indian regulations concerning data residency, security, and compliance, aiming to empower educational institutions, government entities, and small to medium enterprises with unprecedented computing capabilities.
Manu Jain, CEO of G42 India, emphasized the importance of sovereign AI infrastructure for enhancing national competitiveness. He stated, “This project brings crucial AI capabilities to India on a national scale, enabling local researchers, innovators, and enterprises to adopt AI technologies while ensuring full data sovereignty and security.”
The initiative also involves collaboration with Abu Dhabi’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Last year, G42 and MBZUAI introduced the Nanda 87B, a Hindi-English large language model designed to comprehend casual speech in both languages, further showcasing their commitment to AI development in India.
Andy Hock, Chief Strategy Officer at Cerebras, remarked on the significance of this deployment, stating, “This marks a pivotal advancement in India’s computational capabilities and sovereign AI initiatives, accelerating training and inference for large-scale models tailored to local needs.”
The India AI Impact Summit also witnessed other major announcements in AI infrastructure. Indian conglomerate Adani pledged $100 billion to develop up to 5 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2035, while Reliance revealed plans to invest $110 billion over the next seven years in gigawatt-scale data centers.
OpenAI has partnered with Tata Group to establish 100 megawatts of AI computing capacity, with future plans to expand it to 1 gigawatt. Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced the government’s aim to attract over $200 billion in infrastructure investment within the next two years, aided by tax incentives and state-backed venture capital.
Additionally, U.S. tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have already committed nearly $70 billion to enhance AI and cloud infrastructures in India, underscoring the growing global interest in the Indian market.
