The Ultimate Guide to AI Infrastructure
A curated Indian edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Infrastructure.
What to know about AI Infrastructure
AI Infrastructure explores the hardware, software, and systems that make modern artificial intelligence possible. This tag covers everything from compute and storage architectures to networking, data pipelines, and observability stacks that keep AI workloads reliable and efficient.
Stories here dig into practical questions: how to design scalable training and inference clusters, choose between GPUs and emerging accelerators, manage feature stores, and orchestrate distributed workloads. You’ll find discussions of MLOps practices, cost optimization, performance tuning, and the trade-offs behind different infrastructure patterns.
Whether you’re building a new AI platform or evolving an existing stack, this tag helps you understand the components, constraints, and design decisions that sit underneath AI products. Reading these pieces will give you concrete examples, architectural patterns, and lessons learned that you can apply to your own systems.
Indian AI Infrastructure News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Blue Cloud named partner for Bhubaneswar AI centre
The proposed AI hub in Bhubaneswar will gain industry backing and mentoring support as Blue Cloud commits INR 4 crore to the project.
Forrester says India enterprises favour hybrid cloud
Most Indian firms now run workloads across public, private and on-premises systems, as cost, resilience and sovereignty concerns reshape cloud plans.
TCS-backed HyperVault plans AI campus in Hyderabad
The 1GW project could create thousands of jobs and cement Hyderabad's pitch as a hub for AI infrastructure and hyperscale computing.
India data centre capacity set to hit 6 GW by 2029
Vacancy is tightening as cloud and artificial intelligence demand drives a projected USD $110 billion build-out across India by 2029.
Blue Machines AI launches Aurora for Indian BFSI calls
Banks and insurers in India may cut transcription errors on EMI amounts and policy numbers as a multilingual model targets noisy calls.
Constl secures USD $90 million for India fibre rollout
The long-term funding will help Constl expand fibre capacity for hyperscalers and data centres as India's AI build-out accelerates.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Infrastructure
Gartner forecasts AI strain on services, costs & jobs
LG's 2.6MW cooling unit wins NVIDIA DSX qualification
Cloudera named leader in Asia Pacific sovereign AI
AI drives bigger data storage needs, Western Digital study
Setting the standard for safe, scalable AI
Featured News
Exclusive: Castrol puts data centre experts behind CORE
The shift towards AI-ready liquid cooling is prompting Castrol to target new-build data centres and costly retrofits across Asia Pacific.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
VAST Data targets AI data sovereignty with DataEnclave
Enterprises and governments could run AI on sensitive data without exposing it, as the technology targets sovereignty rules across APAC.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Future of AI is distributed infrastructure built on open source
Rising AI demand is exposing cloud bottlenecks, as firms eye in-house open source systems to cut costs and limit vendor lock-in.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Expert Columns
Fluent is not factual: Why AI needs verified data in APAC
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
The data center math has changed
Fewer servers, more performance: The new logic of the modern data center
AI is creating a semiconductor boom. But who will keep it running?
Most pharma AI is borrowed, ours is built
Why AI infrastructure planning must happen now
Why organisations in Asia Pacific are rethinking their AI deployment strategies
How Schneider Electric and NVIDIA are redefining AI data center design
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Infrastructure News
IBM Bob gains self-hosted deployment for enterprise AI
The option lets regulated firms keep source code and sensitive data inside their own infrastructure while using AI for software development.
Arteris launches FlexGen Multi-Die for AI chiplets
AI chipmakers can cut die-to-die link area, power and I/O by up to 50% as multi-die designs become harder to scale.
Open-weight AI models take majority of Vercel traffic
Cheaper open-weight systems are now driving more than half of Vercel's AI Gateway token traffic, while average token prices fell 23.2% in August.
MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for AI production
Enterprises struggling to move AI pilots into live systems now have a single layer for memory, governance and execution across models and clouds.
Skild AI launches robot model trained from one video
The system could cut robot retraining from hours to minutes in factories where layouts and product lines change often.
HPE lifts networking outlook on AI demand & Juniper savings
AI-related demand is set to boost HPE's networking growth, with the company now forecasting higher margins and USD $800 million in Juniper savings by 2028.
Alibaba Cloud expands global footprint with new AI tools
The move brings computing closer to customers as firms race to localise AI workloads and meet regional data rules.
Alibaba unveils full-stack AI push with new Qwen chips
The new processor and Qwen model updates underscore Alibaba's bid to meet surging demand for AI training, inference and cloud services.
V2 AI wins AWS agentic AI competency in Asia Pacific
The accreditation could help regulated firms in Asia Pacific choose a partner for deploying agentic AI on AWS with stronger governance and security.
Ascerta raises USD $18 million in Series A funding
The fresh cash will help the Bellevue-based software maker expand its platform as enterprises demand clearer proof that AI projects deliver business value.
Acceldata launches xFactory for governed private AI
Large enterprises can now build governed AI on fragmented data without moving it, as Acceldata targets regulated sectors with xFactory.
New Relic reports ISO AI certification & USD $18m savings
The software group says tighter AI oversight and cloud controls cut costs, as regulators and customers demand more accountability from tech suppliers.
Huwise launches agentic AI framework for data marketplaces
Customers can now deploy agents that use marketplace activity and business glossaries to improve data discovery and automate routine tasks.
Fujitsu launches MONAKA chip for sovereign AI servers
The chip aims to ease power and cooling constraints for operators seeking AI systems with tighter supply chain control and domestic manufacturing.
HCLTech study says wealth managers lag on AI readiness
Despite near-universal AI plans, only 7% of wealth firms are building agentic systems, widening the gap between ambition and execution.
SAP & NVIDIA expand OpenShell for AI agent governance
Enterprise users should gain tighter control over AI agents, as SAP and NVIDIA link runtime isolation with business authorisation and audit trails.
Akamai signs USD $11.6 billion deal with Anthropic
Anthropic's seven-year commitment could lift Akamai's cloud revenue to USD $20 billion, underscoring surging demand for AI infrastructure.
Maxio launches Wallets for prepaid credit tracking
As software vendors shift to usage-based billing, Maxio's new tool aims to cut spreadsheet tracking and help finance teams manage prepaid balances.
US data centre boom lifts North American equipment sales
AI-fuelled building work is offsetting weakness in housing and other projects, keeping North American equipment revenues rising despite softer demand.
Accenture launches Construct for global capital projects
Greater scrutiny will follow major infrastructure programmes as Accenture combines 5,000 specialists into a new capital projects unit.