Jofie Yordan · · 2 min readYotta eyes AI data center dominance in India with boost from Nvidia
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After a fresh delivery of Nvidia chips, India-based Yotta Data Services is set to strengthen its presence with the country’s largest bet yet in the AI industry, Bloomberg reported.
With this, Yotta will be able to provide Nvidia’s class-leading performance to its clients through its data centers. Located across India, these data centers offer adjustable data storage and computing capacity, eliminating the need for businesses and researchers to invest in and install their own hardware.
Sunil Gupta, CEO of Yotta, told Bloomberg that his company has a competitive advantage over cloud computing services located outside the country due to latency concerns troubling the latter. He also expects the firm to grow as a supplier to clients not only in India but across Asia as well.
In January, the company upped its investment into its data centers, announcing that it would purchase AI chips from Nvidia worth US$500 million. This brought its total order book with the US firm to US$1 billion.
Currently, Yotta runs six data centers in four Indian cities, with a new center opening soon in Northeast India.
Nvidia’s AI tech has been a hot commodity, with the company forging partnerships globally to help build local AI infrastructure. This includes a collaboration with a unit of Malaysian conglomerate YTL, which is part of a larger US$4.3 billion deal.
Editing by Miguel Cordon and Lorenzo Kyle Subido
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