HCLTech unveils Rs 14,257 cr Odisha AI data centre

Published 24 July 2026 · india

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Live Events as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Addas a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel HCLTech on Friday said it will set up its first artificial intelligence (AI) data centre at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park in partnership with AI startup Sarvam and the Odisha government, with a planned capital outlay of Rs 14,257 crore, including financial assistance from the state government.The project marks HCLTech's entry into India's full-stack AI infrastructure space following its announcement earlier this month of plans to expand into the segment.The AI data centre will be developed under a tripartite partnership between HCLTech, Sarvam and the Government of Odisha, with the investment aimed at strengthening India's sovereign AI capabilities and accelerating the country's data ecosystem.According to the company, the facility will combine HCLTech's full-stack AI capabilities with Sarvam's foundation models to develop sector-specific AI applications for public and private sector enterprises while addressing the government's data sovereignty requirements.

The platform will also support multilingual AI-based services to expand digital access in line with the Centre's vision of making AI accessible to all.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the project was signed between HCLTech, the Odisha government and Sarvam in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Electronics and IT Minister Mukesh Mahaling, HCLTech Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, HCLTech CEO and Managing Director C Vijayakumar, and Sarvam Co-founder Pratyush Kumar."HCLTech has been a flagbearer of India's technology industry. In line with the Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Sh.

Narendra Modi, we strive to be an enabler of India's sovereign AI ecosystem with differentiated offerings across the value chain through focused investments and partnerships. We are pleased to start this endeavor in partnership with Odisha government and Sarvam," Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech,

said.HCLTech said India is among the world's fastest-growing technology markets and that the country's data centre ecosystem is expanding rapidly, driven by the growth of the digital economy, data localisation requirements and increasing demand for GPU infrastructure to support AI training and inference workloads.