Nvidia will collaborate with Tata Group to offer AI computing infrastructure and platforms for developing AI solutions, and with Reliance Industries, the American firm plans to create India’s own foundation large language model trained on the country's diverse languages and customised for generative AI applications
Nvidia joins forces with Tata Group and Reliance Industries to advance AI technology in India. (Credit: NVIDIA Corporation)
American technology company Nvidia has forged partnerships with Indian conglomerates Tata Group and Reliance Industries to advance artificial intelligence (AI) technology in India.
Its partnership with Tata Group and its subsidiaries will see collaboration to offer AI computing infrastructure and platforms for developing AI solutions.
The parties aim to bring the capabilities accessible to thousands of organisations, businesses and AI researchers, and hundreds of startups in the country.
Both companies will also join forces to develop an AI supercomputer driven by NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip.
As part of the collaboration, Tata Communications and NVIDIA will develop an AI cloud in India to deliver critical infrastructure that supports the next phase of computing.
By combining Tata Communications’ global network with the AI cloud, the partnership will help enterprises to transfer data across the AI cloud at high speeds.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will leverage the AI infrastructure and capabilities to create and process generative AI applications.
The partnership will further support TCS in collaborating with its clients to drive reimagination with a primary focus on AI.
Besides, the partnership will advance the AI-led transformation across Tata Group companies ranging from manufacturing to consumer businesses.
Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran said: “Our partnership with NVIDIA will democratise access to AI infrastructure, accelerate build-out of AI solutions and enable upgradation of AI talent at scale.
“Tata Group’s presence across sectors coupled with NVIDIA’s deep capabilities offers numerous opportunities for collaboration to advance India’s AI ambition.”
Alongside Reliance Industries, Nvidia plans to create India’s own foundation large language model trained on the country’s diverse languages and customised for generative AI applications.
Through the partnership, Reliance Industries will gain access to NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip and AI supercomputing service in the cloud NVIDIA DGX Cloud.
The Nvidia-driven AI infrastructure will serve as the cornerstone for the next frontier into AI for Reliance Industries’ telecom arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm, said the parties.
Furthermore, Reliance aims to develop AI applications and services for its 450 million Jio customers and provide energy-efficient AI infrastructure to scientists, developers, and startups across the country.
The AI infrastructure will be hosted in AI-ready computing data centres that will eventually expand to 2GW. Jio will manage the execution and implementation.
Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani said: “As India advances from a country of data proliferation to creating technology infrastructure for widespread and accelerated growth, computing and technology super centres like the one we envisage with NVIDIA will provide the catalytic growth just like Jio did to our nation’s digital march.”