Companies like Jio Platforms and Tata Communications have been shortlisted for this tender
Other companies bidding for the tender are CMS Computers India Pvt Ltd, Ctrls Datacenters Ltd, E2E Networks Limited, among others
The bidding process began today (January 22) and the results are expected in a week
The Centre has reportedly selected ten tech giants for the final bidding process to procure 10,000 graphic processing units (GPUs) under the IndiaAI Mission.
Companies like Jio Platforms and Tata Communications have been shortlisted for this tender, Moneycontrol reported, citing sources close to the matter.
Other companies bidding for the tender are CMS Computers India Pvt Ltd, Ctrls Datacenters Ltd, E2E Networks Limited, Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd, Orient Technologies Ltd, NxtGen Datacenter and Cloud Technologies Private Ltd, Vensysco Technologies Limited and Yotta Data Services Limited.
The bidding process began today (January 22) and the results are expected in a week.
Last week, the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology (MeitY) received offers for 20,000 GPUs to build AI computing capacity by these companies.
The government opened the second round of bids last month. The IndiaAI Mission aims to create an AI ecosystem, offering supercomputing capabilities comprising over 10,000 GPUs to various stakeholders. The government has allocated INR 10,371 Cr for this project over the course of five years.
Out of this amount, around INR 200 Cr has been reserved for the IndiaAI datasets platform, while INR 689 Cr has been kept for the IndiaAI application development initiative. Besides, the government is planning to allocate INR 4,563 Cr towards building a compute capacity of 10,000 or more GPUs and INR 1,971 Cr has been earmarked for setting up the new IndiaAI Innovation Centre.
While the government is bullish on inviting bids from tech giants this time, the scenario differed in the previous bidding round. In August last year, it invited bids from selected empaneled agencies like data centres and cloud service providers to offer artificial intelligence services on cloud for academia, startups, researchers, and government bodies.
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