India Targets $200B in AI Infrastructure Investment to Become Global AI Computing Hub

India is accelerating efforts to attract more than $200 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure investment over the next two years, positioning the country as a global center for AI computing and applications. The initiative was outlined by Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s IT minister, at the government-backed AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, attended by executives from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.

The strategy builds on roughly $70 billion already committed by Amazon, Google, and Microsoft for AI and cloud infrastructure expansion. Alongside data-center and chip investments, the government expects about $17 billion to flow into AI applications and deep-tech innovation. India is expanding compute capacity under the IndiaAI Mission while introducing tax incentives, startup policy reforms, and public venture funding to strengthen the national AI ecosystem.