Over 38,000 GPUs Onboarded on AI Compute Portal Under IndiaAI Mission

The Government of India is scaling up its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions through the IndiaAI Mission, aimed at strengthening the country’s digital and innovation ecosystem. With a financial outlay of Rs 10,372 crore, the mission focuses on democratising access to AI technologies while addressing the growing demand for high-performance computing resources.

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38,000 GPUs Onboarded to Democratise AI Development

As part of this effort, more than 38,000 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have been onboarded through a centralised AI compute portal. These advanced computing resources are being made available to Indian start-ups, researchers, and academic institutions at subsidised rates, enabling wider participation in AI development.

“Under the IndiaAI Mission, more than 38 thousand GPUs for common compute facility have been onboarded through the AI compute portal, which are being provided to Indian start-ups and academia at an affordable rate. GPUs are highly advanced equipment and are primarily manufactured in one country,” according to an official statement from the Ministry of Electronics & IT dated March 25, 2026.

190 Projects Approved Across Sectors

The mission has approved 190 projects spanning government bodies, start-ups, MSMEs, academia, and students. Of these, 78 projects are with government entities, 46 with start-ups and MSMEs, 30 with early-stage start-ups, 27 with researchers or academia, 5 with students, and 4 with early-stage researchers.

Boosting Indigenous HPC and AI Capabilities

In parallel, to strengthen indigenous capabilities in high-performance computing (HPC) and AI—including the design and development of processors, general-purpose GPUs (GPGPUs), and accelerators—the government has initiated projects under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), based on the RISC-V open-source instruction set architecture.

Semicon India Programme Gains Momentum

Further advancing its semiconductor ambitions, the government stated that it has introduced the Semicon India Programme to establish a comprehensive semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem. So far, 10 semiconductor manufacturing units have been approved. Commercial production has commenced in one unit, while three others have begun pilot production.