New infrastructure to speed up India’s key initiatives and AI projects
California’s NVIDIA is supporting Jio Platforms Limited’s plans to build a state-of-the-art cloud-based AI compute infrastructure to accelerate India’s position as a growing force in artificial intelligence.
“India has scale, data and talent,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA in comments on announcement of collaboration with Jio on 8 Sept 2023.
“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,” said Huang.
As part of the collaboration, NVIDIA will provide Jio with end-to-end AI supercomputer technologies including CPU, GPU, networking, and AI operating systems and frameworks for building the most advanced AI models. Jio will manage and maintain the AI cloud infrastructure and oversee customer engagement and access.
The new AI cloud infrastructurewill enable researchers, developers, startups, scientists, AI practitioners and others across India to access accelerated computing and high-speed, secure cloud networking to run workloads safely and with extreme energy efficiency.
The new infrastructure will greatly speed up a wide range of India’s key initiatives and AI projects, including AI chatbots, drug discovery, climate research and more.
“I am delighted with the partnership with NVIDIA and looking forward to a purposeful journey together.”
Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, added, “Our collaboration with NVIDIA is a significant step in this direction. Together, we will develop an advanced AI cloud infrastructure that is secure, sustainable, and are deeply relevant to India’s unique opportunities.
“This state-of-the art platform will be a catalyst in accelerating AI-driven innovations across sectors, from healthcare and education to enterprise solutions.
“Our vision is to make AI accessible to researchers, start-ups, and enterprises across the nation, thereby accelerating India’s journey towards becoming an AI powerhouse.
“At Jio, we are committed to fuelling India’s technological renaissance by democratizing access to cutting-edge technologies.” Fiinews.com
