Jio Platforms and NVIDIA to build AI cloud infrastructure in India
Jio Platforms Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, plans to establish a state-of-the-art, cloud-based AI compute infrastructure in India, in collaboration with technology giant NVIDIA. The undisclosed deal aims to position India as a burgeoning force in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain. This new AI cloud infrastructure is designed to provide accelerated computing and secure, high-speed cloud networking to various professionals across India, including researchers, developers, and startups.
Impact on Key Indian Initiatives and AI Projects
The new infrastructure will have a wide-ranging impact on India’s key initiatives, offering quicker execution of AI projects like AI chatbots, drug discovery, and climate research among others. NVIDIA is set to provide Jio Platforms with comprehensive AI supercomputer technologies, including CPU, GPU, networking, and AI operating systems. Jio will take on the responsibilities of managing and maintaining this AI cloud infrastructure while also overseeing customer engagement and access.
Statements from Industry Leaders
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, commented, “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. I am delighted with the partnership with NVIDIA and looking forward to a purposeful journey together.”
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, stated, “We are delighted to partner with Reliance to build state-of-the-art AI supercomputers in India. India has scale, data and talent. With the most advanced AI computing infrastructure, Reliance can build its own large language models that power generative AI applications made in India, for the people of India.”
The collaboration between Jio Platforms and NVIDIA promises to be a significant step for AI development in India, facilitating access to advanced technologies for a wide range of professionals and initiatives in the country.