TN building India's 1st sovereign AI park with ₹10,000cr investment
What's the story
The Tamil Nadu government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI to set up India's first full-stack Sovereign AI Park. The project will be developed at an estimated cost of ₹10,000 crore over five years. It will include data centers that will exclusively handle government data. The initiative is expected to create 1,000 high-skilled jobs and lay the groundwork for a strong and inclusive AI ecosystem in India.
Project details
Sovereign AI Park: A unique initiative
The Sovereign AI Park will be a one-of-a-kind district in India, combining AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, and innovation clusters. It will also have an institute for AI in governance. The park can function as a full-stack system where data, models, and compute stay within the state's trust boundary. This ensures a sovereign ethical inclusive ecosystem for deploying AI systems.
Strategic move
TN's commitment to AI development
Tamil Nadu Industries Minister T.R.B Rajaa said the MoU is a strategic commitment to adopt and shape the future of artificial intelligence. He added that this unprecedented initiative would make Tamil Nadu a leader in scaled deployment of AI across sectors like education, agriculture, healthcare, and citizen engagement. The minister also said that other states can host their data at the park due to its large capacity.
Educational impact
AI park to empower students, researchers
IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti said the initiative would enable students and researchers from Tamil Nadu to become global creators of AI. He stressed that this project aims to turn Tamil Nadu's talent strength into long-term economic leadership. Sarvam AI's co-founder Pratyush Kumar also emphasized the partnership is about building AI that is trained, deployed and governed in Tamil Nadu for the world.