Govt to acquire 10K GPUs in next two-three months for country's AI Mission

THE government is set to acquire 10,000 GPUs (graphics processing units) in the next two to three months through a public-private partnership as part of its India AI Mission, said Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Wednesday.

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Speaking at the Global India AI Summit in Delhi, Vaishnaw also outlined plans for developing artificial intelligence (AI) accessible to all, modelled after the successful Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).

"We will be investing in an AI compute infrastructure of 10,000 or more GPUs. Again, it will be an approach of publicprivate partnership, so that the efficiencies of industry can be harnessed for this bigger cause. We'll be creating AI innovation centers," said Vaishnaw.