According to a Press Information Bureau backgrounder, India is expanding its domestic cloud computing infrastructure to support digital governance, public service delivery, and data sovereignty. As of September 2026, the country has empanelled 30 Cloud Service Providers, comprising both domestic and international firms. The government’s MeghRaj 2.0 initiative now encompasses 2,330 government departments, providing secure hosting for key digital public platforms.
The release highlights that India’s data centre capacity reached 1.57 gigawatts as of August 2026 and is projected to grow to nearly 8 gigawatts by 2030, supported by significant ongoing investments. Additionally, the IndiaAI Mission, approved with an outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore, has onboarded more than 45,000 Graphics Processing Units to provide affordable AI computing resources for researchers and start-ups.
What it means
- The IndiaAI Mission has a financial outlay of ₹10,371.92 crore to broaden access to computing resources.
- More than 45,000 Graphics Processing Units have been onboarded for a common AI computing facility.
Source
Press Information Bureau, Government of India, “Cloud Ecosystem in India”. Read the original release.
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