It is clear: India is addicted to the potential of AI across personal and professional spheres alike. The graphics processing units (GPUs) powering AI — both in training LLMs and running “inference” on them — are in and of themselves expensive. The costs,however, are buried in the opex: AI training runs require millions of dollars’ worth of electricity, and inference in data centres also add up enormously. In the most crucial period of this transformation, if AI builders are to be believed — the coming two years — India faces a U.S. jealously guarding and nurturing its own AI industry as the world’s foundation. Human capitalIf there are any structural green shoots in India’s AI ecosystem, it is human capital.

Source: The Hindu February 24, 2026 04:03 UTC