Mukesh Ambani Unveils Rs.10 Lakh Crore AI Push
Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), divulged a detailed strategy to establish Jio Platforms as a pivotal player in India's artificial intelligence (AI) evolution. This includes unveiling a massive investment plan of Rs 10 lakh crore and the development of sovereign compute infrastructure.
Addressing attendees at an AI Summit in New Delhi, Ambani articulated Jio's strategic shift from focusing on data connectivity to offering AI-driven services.
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Emphasizing Jio's expanded role in India's AI landscape, he highlighted the company's goal of ushering the nation into the intelligence era through connectivity.
Ambani stated that India cannot financially sustain acquiring intelligence through renting, expressing Jio's commitment to significantly lowering the expense of accessing AI. He drew comparisons to the telecommunications revolution that drastically reduced mobile data prices in the nation, affirming that Jio intends to lower the cost of intelligence in a similar manner as it did with data.
Jio's AI strategy includes the development of India's independent computational infrastructure. Ambani announced that the organization has initiated the construction of multi-gigawatt data centers in Jamnagar designed for AI applications, with 120 megawatts set to be operational by the end of the year.
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Ambani emphasized the energy capabilities of RIL by noting that the conglomerate possesses an internal advantage in green energy, boasting a potential 10 gigawatts of sustainable power capacity in Kutch and Andhra Pradesh.
He implied that this resource could serve as a reliable foundation for the company's growing AI infrastructure.
Jio also intends to establish a comprehensive edge computing platform throughout the country that will be closely linked with its network. This initiative aims to enhance the responsiveness, reduce latency, and improve affordability of AI services.
Ambani emphasized that this edge infrastructure will strategically position intelligent capabilities in closer proximity to the daily lives, educational facilities, and workplaces of individuals.
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“Our aim is clear- make intelligence as ubiquitous as connectivity”, he notes.
Ambani highlighted Jio's established digital presence as a significant advantage in spearheading India's AI initiative. He noted that with a subscriber base of over 500 million, Jio has played a pivotal role in India's internet evolution in recent years.
This positions the company well to drive the forthcoming era of digital innovation driven by artificial intelligence.