# MeitY

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-21**: Microsoft AI Infrastructure Summit India — MeitY Secretary S Krishnan publicly urges Microsoft to locate future data centre capacity closer to power generation hubs, citing lower electricity transport costs and an improving Indian policy environment.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Sept 21 AI Infra Shift: MeitY Wants Microsoft Compute at Power Plants
2026-09-21 18:02:51 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 3

India's AI infrastructure expansion may bifurcate: latency-sensitive inference near connectivity hubs, heavy training compute near power generation clusters. MeitY's request to Microsoft highlights the energy bottleneck now shaping AI scale.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/meity-microsoft-ai-data-centre-power-hubs

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