HCLTech teams up with Indian gov and Sarvam to build $1.4B AI data center

Indian tech firm HCLTech said it's building an AI data center with the Odisha state government and AI startup Sarvam. The project is in Bhubaneswar's new sovereign AI industrial park, costing about $1.4 billion. It will use HCLTech's AI skills and Sarvam's base models to make AI tools for businesses and government, helping India's own AI growth and offering multilingual services to local people. HCLTech is also setting up a global tech center in Bhubaneswar for 5,000 workers, set to open by 2028.