New Delhi – Abu Dhabi-based technology group G42, in partnership with U.S. Chipmaker Cerebras Systems, Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), announced plans to deploy an 8 exaflop AI supercomputer in India, marking a significant expansion of the country’s AI infrastructure. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
The system, designed to meet sovereign security and compliance requirements, will operate under India-defined governance frameworks, ensuring all data remains within national jurisdiction. According to G42, the supercomputer will serve as a foundational asset under the India AI Mission, providing access to a diverse ecosystem including research institutions, startups, small and medium enterprises, and government ministries.
“Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness,” said Manu Jain, CEO of G42 India, in a statement. “This project brings that capability to India at a national scale, enabling local researchers, innovators, and enterprises to become AI-native while maintaining full data sovereignty and security.”
The project follows the 5th India-UAE Strategic Dialogue held in December 2025 and the visit of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India in January 2026, which solidified a comprehensive partnership framework encompassing defense, technology, space, and energy. The 8 exaflop capacity represents a substantial increase in India’s peak compute capacity, transitioning the country to exaflop-scale AI infrastructure.
Cerebras, known for its advanced AI inference technology, highlighted the system’s potential to accelerate AI development tailored to India’s specific needs. “Deploying this system in India marks a significant step forward in the country’s computational capacity and sovereign AI initiatives,” said Andy Hock, chief strategy officer at Cerebras. “It will accelerate training and inference for large-scale models, enabling researchers and developers to build AI tailored to India’s needs.”
The announcement comes amid a wave of investment in AI infrastructure within India. Indian conglomerate Adani pledged $100 billion to build up to 5 gigawatts of data-center capacity by 2035, while Reliance Industries committed $110 billion over the next seven years for gigawatt-scale data centers. OpenAI has also partnered with Tata Group to secure 100 megawatts of AI compute as part of its Stargate project, with plans to scale to 1 gigawatt.
India’s technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated at the AI Impact Summit that the country aims to attract over $200 billion in infrastructure investment over the next two years through a combination of tax incentives, state-backed venture capital, and supportive policies. U.S. Technology companies, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, have already committed approximately $70 billion to expand AI and cloud infrastructure in the country.
MBZUAI and G42 previously collaborated on the development of Nanda 87B, a Hindi-English large language model built on Meta’s Llama 3.1 70B model, designed to understand casual speech in both languages.
