Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries has tied up with US-based chipmaker Nvidia to develop India’s own foundation large language model trained on the south Asian country’s diverse languages and tailored for generative AI applications.
In a statement, Nvidia said that it will work with Reliance to build AI infrastructure. The chip maker will provide access to its GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip and DGX Cloud.
“As India advances from a country of data proliferation to creating technology infrastructure for widespread and accelerated growth, computing and technology super centres like the one we envisage with Nvidia will provide the catalytic growth just like Jio did to our nation’s digital march,” said Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries.
Ambani, at the company’s 46th AGM, claimed that Jio will bring AI to all households in India. “Within the RIL group, we are rapidly augmenting our talent pool and capabilities to swiftly assimilate the latest global innovations in AI, especially the recent advances in Generative AI,” Ambani said. He also said RIL will be developing India-specific AI models and AI-powered solutions.
Nvidia’s AI infrastructure will help Reliance build AI applications and services. “The Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure is the foundation of the new frontier into AI for Reliance Jio Infocomm,” Nvidia’s statement read.
Nvidia says the AI infrastructure will be hosted in AI-ready computing data centres that will eventually expand to 2,000 MW. Jio will manage the execution and implementation.
“As the sector expands, we stand committed to create up to 2000 MW of AI-ready computing capacity, across both cloud and edge location. And we will do this while adopting sustainable practices and a greener future,” Ambani said at the AGM.
Earlier today, the news agency Reuters reported that RIL is exploring a foray into semiconductor manufacturing, a move that could address its supply chain needs and cater to growing chip demand in India.
The telecoms-to-energy conglomerate, encouraged by the Indian government, has held early-stage talks with foreign chipmakers that have the potential to become technology partners, it said citing sources.
“India has scale, data and talent. With the most advanced AI computing infrastructure, Reliance can build its own large language models that power generative AI applications made in India, for the people of India,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.
