HCLTech has chosen Odisha for its first AI data centre, placing a planned Rs 14,257 crore facility inside the Odisha Sovereign AI Park conceived by Sarvam AI. The capital outlay includes financial assistance from the state government, while a new HCLTech Global Delivery Centre will create more than 5,000 jobs. The larger move takes India’s third-largest IT services company from managing other companies’ infrastructure towards owning the compute beneath its AI business.

HCLTech will invest Rs 14,257 croreto set up its first AI data centre at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park in partnership with AI startup Sarvam and the Odisha government,…

July 24 : India's HCLTech said on Friday it would invest 142.57 billion rupees ($1.48 billion) to set up its first AI data centre in the eastern state of Odisha in partnership…