New Delhi, government may consider creating more 'computing capacity' through viability gap financing after developing high-tech capacity under India's Rs 10,372 crore AI mission, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said on Thursday.
At a Deloitte India event, Krishnan said the India AI Mission has an outlay of approximately Rs 10,372 crore, of which over Rs 4,500 crore is earmarked for computing capacity.
"Going forward, there is a possibility, and we will decide based on how much computing capacity is actually created in the country. There is a possibility that we will actually support the creation of more computing capacity with viability gap financing," Krishnan said.
The government has invited tenders for the selection of entities to provide cloud-based AI services under India's AI mission. Under the IndiaAI Mission, supercomputing capacity, comprising over 10,000 GPUs, will be made available to various stakeholders to create an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.
The rapid development of AI around the world has led to a rise in demand for GPU-based servers as they can process data at a faster speed compared to CPU-based servers.
Krishnan said the vision is to build capacity in a public-private partnership model.
"We are trying two models. The first has already released RFPs, and it is more of a voucher-based approach where we ask people who have already built AI computing capacity to make it available to innovators, startups and MSMEs and academic institutions at a subsidized price,” he stated.
Under India's AI mission, the government has proposed to pay up to 50 per cent of the cost by providing vouchers to various institutions and others.
He said computing capacity is also being created under the National Supercomputer Mission (NSM) which will primarily meet public sector requirements.
At a Deloitte India event, Krishnan said the India AI Mission has an outlay of approximately Rs 10,372 crore, of which over Rs 4,500 crore is earmarked for computing capacity.
"Going forward, there is a possibility, and we will decide based on how much computing capacity is actually created in the country. There is a possibility that we will actually support the creation of more computing capacity with viability gap financing," Krishnan said.
The government has invited tenders for the selection of entities to provide cloud-based AI services under India's AI mission. Under the IndiaAI Mission, supercomputing capacity, comprising over 10,000 GPUs, will be made available to various stakeholders to create an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.
The rapid development of AI around the world has led to a rise in demand for GPU-based servers as they can process data at a faster speed compared to CPU-based servers.
Krishnan said the vision is to build capacity in a public-private partnership model.
"We are trying two models. The first has already released RFPs, and it is more of a voucher-based approach where we ask people who have already built AI computing capacity to make it available to innovators, startups and MSMEs and academic institutions at a subsidized price,” he stated.
Under India's AI mission, the government has proposed to pay up to 50 per cent of the cost by providing vouchers to various institutions and others.
He said computing capacity is also being created under the National Supercomputer Mission (NSM) which will primarily meet public sector requirements.
