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Jeet Adani: AI Summit Highlights India's Prowess, Announces $100B Plan

Jeet Adani hailed the AI Summit as a major success that underscores India's growing strength in the global technology order. He emphasized the critical importance of developing inclusive and responsible artificial intelligence that benefits all citizens. The Adani Group has committed $100 billion to invest in data centers and the energy required to power AI, building on existing partnerships with tech giants like Google and Microsoft. Adani believes India is uniquely positioned to scale AI infrastructure and that AI will ultimately upskill the workforce and increase per capita income.

Key Points: Jeet Adani on AI Summit Success & Adani's $100B Investment

  • AI Summit success showcases India's prowess
  • Commitment to inclusive and responsible AI
  • Adani Group announces $100B for AI infrastructure
  • Partnerships with Google and Microsoft highlighted
  • AI seen as a tool for upskilling and increasing income
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AI Summit speaks a lot about India's prowess: Jeet Adani

Adani's Jeet Adani discusses India's AI leadership, inclusive AI vision, and a $100B commitment for data centers and energy infrastructure.

"the real value of this is going to only be realized when every last person is going to be able to use and adopt AI - Jeet Adani"

New Delhi, February 19

Jeet Adani, Director, Adani Digital Labs said he believes that the AI Summit has been a tremendous success and it speaks about the prowess of India in the current world order.

To be able to get together people from across regions, across demographics into a single place and make significant commitments towards advancing AI are key takeaways according to Jeet Adani.

"Drawing from Prime Minister's vision of inclusive AI, responsible AI matters a lot in today's world where, AI is a tool and really you can use it for good and bad and it's up to us as corporates, as policymakers, as you know, leaders of states to make sure that it's being used for more good and the commitments made actually help advancing that," he said, talking to reporters, after addressing a keynote.

"I think it's very important that the way the positioning of the summit was done, the way the positioning of the advancement of AI, keeping in mind inclusivity, keeping in mind responsibility is extremely important. From an India point of view, the real value of this is going to only be realized when every last person is going to be able to use and adopt AI in their day-to-day life," he continued. "And that really should be the goal that everyone should keep in mind."

Talking about future roadmap at Adani Group, he reiterated that they announced a USD 100 billion commitment towards investing in data centers and energy related to AI.

"One of the early announcements that this is backed by is our partnership with Google. And of course, we have an existing relationship with Microsoft, which we're very happy with. As of now, publicly, can only tell you about these two, but we're already speaking to a lot of others because unlike the rest of the world, India has the ability to generate energy at scale, clean energy at scale, and has the ability to build and execute in speed," he added

"So I think we're very uniquely positioned as a true democratic country, as an alternative to the West, where we're able to scale up the infrastructure requirements of AI usage, of the hyperscalers, of both training and inferencing. And I think that's part of where we're heading towards. From our point of view, we would look at upwards of five gigawatts of data center capacity being set up in over the next couple of years."

From a jobs perspective, he said AI is actually going to upskill a lot of people. "What really AI does is enables you to do a lot more with the existing resources. And that's what's going to change and increase the, I would say, per capita income for the average Indian and that's what we look forward to."

- ANI

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Priya S
"When every last person is going to be able to use and adopt AI" – this is the key line for me. The summit's success will be measured not by big investments, but by how it reaches farmers in villages, small shopkeepers, and students in tier-3 cities. Hope the execution matches the vision.
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Sarah B
As someone working in tech, the partnerships with Google and Microsoft are promising. India's advantage in scalable clean energy for powering data centers is a game-changer. The focus on upskilling is crucial though – we need massive training programs to go along with this infrastructure push.
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Rohit P
Good to see Indian corporates stepping up. But a word of caution – with great power comes great responsibility. We must ensure this AI development doesn't create a bigger digital divide or lead to job losses before upskilling happens. The 'inclusive' tag needs real policy teeth.
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Karthik V
The scale of ambition is impressive – 5 gigawatts of data center capacity! If we can truly position ourselves as the democratic alternative to the West for AI infrastructure, it could redefine our economic trajectory. Jai Hind!
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Michael C
Interesting perspective from India. The clean energy angle is smart and addresses a major global concern for AI's carbon footprint. The success will depend on execution speed and creating a robust ecosystem beyond just a few large corporate groups.

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