The inaugural India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi marked a major milestone for the Global South, featuring a landmark 100 MW infrastructure partnership between Tata Group and OpenAI. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the MANAV ethical framework alongside the launch of BharatGen Param2, a 17-billion parameter model designed for 22 Indian languages.
OpenAI has entered a strategic partnership with India's Tata Group to develop dedicated AI data center capacity, marking a significant expansion into one of the world's fastest-growing technology markets. The collaboration aims to provide the high-performance computing power necessary to support localized AI applications and meet India's evolving data residency requirements.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and OpenAI have announced a landmark partnership to develop massive AI infrastructure in India and deploy enterprise-grade Agentic AI solutions. The collaboration includes a multi-year agreement for TCS's HyperVault unit to build up to 1GW of AI-ready data centers, signaling a major shift in the Indian IT services landscape toward sovereign AI capabilities.
OpenAI and India's Tata Group have entered a strategic partnership to develop specialized AI data centers across the subcontinent. This collaboration aims to provide the high-performance compute necessary for localized AI services while leveraging Tata's industrial and digital infrastructure.
NVIDIA has called for a significant ramp-up in India's AI infrastructure investment, highlighting a newly announced budget tax holiday as a pivotal opportunity for foreign technology leaders. The move underscores the growing strategic importance of the Indian market as a hub for sovereign AI development.