Meity seeks 10K GPUs, receives offer for 20K
Business Standard|January 10, 2025
The Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology (Meity) has received offers for 20,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) from companies that bid under the ₹10,370 crore IndiaAI Mission—nearly double of what it is seeking through a request for empanelling companies.
Surajeet Das Gupta
Meity seeks 10K GPUs, receives offer for 20K

Its request, to build artificial intelligence (AI) computing capacity, came on August 16 last year. A senior official in Meity said: "We were looking at 10,000 GPUs but we have received offers for over 20,000. We are evaluating them, and after that we will take a call, which will take some time. There is enthusiasm among companies."

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