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New Delhi: AM Group, the green energy conglomerate led by the Greenko founders, is developing a $25 billion High-Performance Compute (HPC) hub that aims to establish a 1-gigawatt (GW) artificial intelligence (AI) footprint in India, powered fully by renewable energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n AM AI Labs, an affiliate of the AM Group, on Monday received a letter of intent from the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) towards land allocation to set up the first two phases, comprising 150MW and 200MW, respectively, of the cumulative 1GW AI and HPC data centre in Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last month, the company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with InvestUP, the state government’s investment arm, at Davos to set up an AI hub. An announcement to this effect is expected shortly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n According to the company, 350MW compute capacity is expected to come online by 2028, with full 1GW likely to be online by 2030, translating into a cumulative investment of $25 billion and deployment of 500,000 high-performance chips.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Stressing the need for energy independence and the role of renewable energy, Mahesh Kolli, president of AM Group, said, “We should not swap one form of energy dependency for another.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Once completed, it would be the world\u2019s first and largest fully vertically integrated AI platform, spanning owned carbon-free power, data centre infrastructure, high-performance chips, a complete software stack, applications, and flexible consumption models from AI pods as a ‘Service to Tokens as a Service’.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The project will consume power from AM Green\u2019s <\/span>renewable energy<\/a> capacity, powered by round-the-clock carbon-free energy solutions, including wind, solar, and pumped storage from the group\u2019s green power projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “AM Group has done this before. In green hydrogen and ammonia, we set out to deliver the lowest cost molecules in the world, and we are doing it. We bring the same conviction to AI. Our goal is to deliver the lowest cost, most efficient AI tokens on the planet, powered by clean energy we own and operate. By integrating the full value chain from power generation through silicon to token delivery, we can optimize across layers in ways that no single segment player can,” said Anil Chalamalasetty, group chairman, AM Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n AMG AI Labs has built a comprehensive platform that supports the full lifecycle of AI development, from training to production inference, said another person on condition of anonymity. The end-to-end software stack encompasses provisioning, orchestration, virtualization, inference and training frameworks, security, networking, compliance, and storage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The platform\u2019s architecture-agnostic design supports graphics processing units (GPUs) and other accelerators, according to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The development comes on the day the four-day <\/span>India AI Impact summit<\/a> commenced in the national capital. The data centre space is attracting significant investment, driven by the increased adoption of AI. India stands at a critical inflection point as global AI growth and domestic ambitions converge, according to a Deloitte report released in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWorldwide, AI adoption continues to surge. India, too, is riding this digital wave. Poised to become one of the fastest-growing leaders in AI, India\u2019s AI market is expected to reach $20-22 billion by 2027, posting a CAGR of 30%,\u201d the report had said, while adding that despite hosting nearly 20% of the world\u2019s data, India has just 3% of the global data centre capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n AM Group is building platforms across molecules, materials and AI technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Overall, Big Tech\u2019s AI-centric data centre investment plans in the country in 2025, including Microsoft’s latest commitment, have reached $42.5 billion. This includes Amazon Web Services and OpenAI\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Domestic conglomerates, too, have stepped up their efforts, with Reliance Industries Ltd announcing plans to invest $11 billion<\/a> in a 1GW data centre through its Digital Connexion joint venture. Larsen & Toubro Ltd had plans to invest nearly $3 billion for 300MW data centre. The Tata group, through Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, will also invest $7 billion in a 1GW data centre facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAI-energy paradox<\/strong><\/h2>\n