IndiaAI eyes access boost, new compute providers in its fourth GPU allocation round

The fourth round of the graphics processing units (GPU) tender for the IndiaAI Mission is underway, and at least five new compute providers have expressed interest during the pre-bid process, the mission’s chief executive officer, Abhishek Singh, told ET.

The government-led IndiaAI Mission aims to deploy 38,183 GPUs (graphics processing units) of compute capacity and develop Indian-language foundation models.

As per the IndiaAI compute portal, 21,986 GPUs (57.58%) had been allocated AI workloads by Wednesday. Also, a total subsidy of Rs 760.93 crore…