Overview
- Adani Group committed $100 billion to expand green data‑centre capacity by 2035, as a Blackstone‑led group agreed $600 million for AI infrastructure startup Neysa and Infosys confirmed a new partnership with Anthropic.
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw cited about 250,000 attendees at the New Delhi gathering and emphasized practical AI use cases for healthcare, agriculture and enterprise productivity.
- Infosys co‑founder Nandan Nilekani estimated 90 million jobs at risk but projected 170 million new roles in the AI transition, while Vinod Khosla warned India’s outsourcing sector could be largely gone by 2030.
- Indian conglomerates including Reliance Industries and Adani used the summit to scout and hire AI engineers and data scientists, according to reporting that cited Bloomberg.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India should rank among the top three AI superpowers, framing the country’s approach around sovereignty, inclusivity and innovation.