Nvidia expands India AI play; Tech giant to PARTNER with major cloud providers! Check who has shrugged off the new deal report– BIG Update

Nvidia widens India AI play: Nvidia, one of the key players in the artificial intelligence ecosystem due to its GPU servers, is joining hands with a host of cloud providers to meet India's growing need for AI compute.

An Nvidia blog post said that the tech major will be partnering with Yotta, L&T and E2E Networks to build advanced AI infrastructure and services in India.

– Collaborating with next-generation cloud providers Yotta, L&T and E2E Networks.

– Collaborating to build advanced AI factories for India.

– Collaborating to develop AI models and services that drive innovation.

E2E Shrugs Off Report On New Deal With Nvidia

However, E2E Networks has issued clarification, saying that it is not in any new negotiations, agreements or partnerships with Nvidia.

– The company has an existing relationship with Nvidia.

– Recent news item doesn’t represent any new concluded arrangement.

– No new negotiations, agreements or partnerships with Nvidia

Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that India is expected to add another 20,000 more GPUs, taking the total available capacity beyond the existing 38,000 GPUs, with the aim of strengthening the country's AI compute infrastructure.

For the uninitiated, a GPU or Graphics Processing Unit is a computer chip that helps machines think faster, process images, run AI programmes and handle complex tasks more efficiently than a regular processor.

Under the IndiaAI Mission, more than 38,000 high-end GPUs have been onboarded and are available at about Rs 65 per hour, which is nearly one-third of the global average cost.

Nvidia’s announcement comes at a time when India is hosting the 2026 AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The event is touted to be one of the largest artificial intelligence conclaves held in the Global South.

The four-day event, being held at Bharat Mandapam, will conclude on February 20. It kicked off on February 16.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang cancelled his visit to attend the India AI Impact Summit, PTI reported, citing the company.

"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jensen Huang is unable to travel to India at this time," the company statement was quoted as saying by the PTI.

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 centres around three pillars called 'Sutras'. These are people, planet and progress. These branch into seven 'Chakras' or working groups.

Each covers a specific domain which includes AI skilling, social inclusion, AI safety, scientific research, sustainable computing, democratising AI access and economic growth.

India AI Impact Summit 2026: ‘A Global Policy Forum’

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has said that the India AI Impact Summit is not just a tech gathering but a global policy forum.

Government officials noted the India AI Impact Summit as a platform to move beyond broad statements about AI to concrete cooperation, shared frameworks and practical use-cases that promote inclusive, ethical and impactful AI deployment worldwide.