Sam Altman’s Focus on India: OpenAI May Set up Local Data Centre in 2025

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has started the process of setting up data centre operations in India, according to a report published by Business Standard. However, there is no official information on the same. The report stated that the centre may store data of Indian users and some of its neighbouring countries.

Currently, the AI giant is talking to some data centre operators and it may take some time to reveal details like location and capacity, the BS report said, adding that OpenAI is keen to complete the process in 2025.

Most of ChatGPT-maker’s servers are located in data centres in Texas, US. To serve other users globally, including India, OpenAI uses Microsoft’s Azure Cloud services.

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Sam Altman’s Visit to India

The information about OpenAI’s plan to set up data centre in India came just over a month after Sam Altman visited India. The country is important for artificial intelligence (AI) and OpenAI, he said, adding that India --- with its full stack mode --- should be among the leaders of the AI revolution.

During a fireside chat with IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Altman said OpenAI tripled its users here in the last year. He gave a ringing endorsement to India’s efforts in building on AI at all levels of the stack, chips, models and “the incredible applications”.

“India is an incredibly important market for AI in general, for open AI in particular, it’s our second biggest market. Tripled users here in the last year, but mostly seeing what people in India are building with AI at all levels of the stack, chips, models, you know, all of the stack, chips, models, you know, all of the incredible applications,” said Altman.

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US AI Efforts

The United States has been accelerating its AI efforts and just last month, President Donald Trump announced up to USD 500 billion private sector investment to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The new company, Stargate, created in partnership with Oracle, SoftBank and Microsoft-backed Open AI, would add to tech companies' large investments in US data centres, huge buildings full of servers that provide massive computing power.