India is set to deploy a national-scale supercomputer built by G42 and Cerebras, expanding its sovereign AI infrastructure and strengthening technological cooperation with the UAE
India is preparing to bring online a national-scale supercomputer developed through a partnership between G42 and Cerebras, marking a significant expansion of the country’s AI infrastructure and deepening its technology links with the UAE.
The project, which will deliver a system with 8 exaflops of capacity, also involves the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.
Partnership and deployment
The two companies said in a statement that the system will be delivered jointly with the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The announcement coincided with the week in which India hosted an AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.
Once operational, the supercomputer will provide eight petaflops of AI compute and will function under governance frameworks set by the Indian government to meet sovereignty and compliance requirements. It will also act as a foundational asset for the India AI Mission.
Andy Hock, chief strategy officer at Cerebras, said, “Cerebras and G42 have already successfully delivered Condor Galaxy supercomputers in the United States, demonstrating how our technology is purpose-built for the most demanding AI workloads at scale. Deploying this system in India marks a significant step forward in the country’s computational capacity and sovereign AI initiatives. It will accelerate training and inference for large-scale models, enabling researchers and developers to build AI tailored to India’s needs.”
Manu Jain, CEO of G42 India, said, “Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness. 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.”
Commercial developments
Earlier this month, Cerebras announced that it had raised $1 billion in a Series H funding round, valuing the company at $23 billion. The announcement followed a $10 billion agreement with OpenAI under which Cerebras will supply 750 MW of compute power to the generative AI developer by 2028.
It had been suggested that the OpenAI deal would help broaden the chip designer’s commercial base beyond the United Arab Emirates’ G42, which accounted for 87 per cent of its revenue in the first half of 2024.
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