Odisha backs a $1.7B AI data center with HCLTech and Sarvam Labs
theteknosaur · x · 2026-07-24
Odisha, an Indian state, has signed a deal with HCLTech and Sarvam Labs to build an AI data center inside a state sovereign AI park.
The package is reportedly worth ₹14,257 crore — about $1.7 billion — and would give the state its own frontier-scale compute footprint, which the author compares to an Ohio-style state-backed frontier lab in the U.S.
Related event: HCLTech and Partners to Invest Over $1.5B in Odisha AI Data Center(3 posts)→
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