Archive · 20 Jan 2026
India AI Mission Budget Expansion Proposed
Sunil Gupta, the founder of Yotta Data Services, thinks India needs to spend a lot more money on AI.
He says the current budget of ₹10,000 crore should be increased to ₹50,000 crore.
This is because the demand for GPUs, which are important for AI, has grown a lot.
His company, Yotta, is using many GPUs and plans to use even more.
He also talks about how data centers are using more power and how they are trying to use green energy.
He suggests that the government should make policies to help with this and make it easier to build data centers in different places.
Additionally, AM Green Group, owned by Greenko founders, plans to invest $25 billion to set up a 1 GW data center in Uttar Pradesh.
This data center will use carbon-free energy and is expected to be completed by 2030.
Sunil Gupta proposes increasing the India AI Mission budget from ₹10,000 crore to ₹50,000 crore.
GPU demand has quadrupled in the last year, with 8,000 H100 GPUs currently in use and 8,000 B200 GPUs to be deployed in March.
Gupta suggests the government should implement a national data center policy to streamline permissions and approvals.
Data centers are adopting liquid cooling to reduce power consumption and are using green energy, with 30-35% of power intake being green.
AM Green Group plans to invest $25 billion to set up a 1 GW AI data center in Uttar Pradesh, using carbon-free energy.
- Who
- Sunil Gupta, Founder of Yotta Data Services; AM Green Group, owned by Greenko founders Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty and Mahesh Kolli
- What
- Proposal to expand India AI Mission budget and discuss GPU market maturity; AM Green Group's investment in a 1 GW AI data centre in Uttar Pradesh
- When
- Current and future GPU demand and budget proposals; Project completion by 2030, first phase by 2028
- Where
- India, with focus on data centers and green energy usage; Greater Noida region in Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To support the scaling up of AI infrastructure and adoption in India; To leverage AM Green’s renewable energy capacity and meet the requirements of global hyperscalers, frontier labs, enterprises, and India’s sovereign AI initiatives
- Current Budget
- ₹10,000 crore
- Proposed Budget
- ₹50,000 crore
- GPU Demand Growth
- Quadrupled in the last year
- GPU Usage
- 8,000 H100 GPUs in use, 8,000 B200 GPUs to be deployed in March
- Green Energy Usage
- 30-35% of power intake is green, 80% of Yotta's Mumbai campus power is green
- AM Green Investment
- $25 billion
- AM Green Data Centre
- 1 GW in Uttar Pradesh
- Project Timeline
- Completion by 2030, first phase by 2028
Sources
India AI Mission budget must expand to at least ₹50,000 crore: Sunil Gupta, Founder, Yotta Data Services
India AI Mission budget must expand to at least ₹50,000 crore: Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, Yotta Data Services
