Bhubaneswar, Feb. 18 -- India has announced a major expansion of its artificial intelligence infrastructure, signalling a decisive step toward strengthening its global AI leadership. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday revealed that the country will add 20,000 additional Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to its existing base of over 38,000 GPUs in the coming weeks.

The announcement was made on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, being held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from February 16 to 20. With this expansion, India's total compute capacity will exceed 58,000 GPUs, significantly boosting the country's AI ecosystem.

The expansion is part of the Rs.10,300+ crore IndiaAI ...