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NEW DELHI: Abu Dhabi technology group G42 and AI chipmaker Cerebras have announced plans to establish a national-scale AI supercomputer in India with a peak compute capacity of 8 exaflops, in a project that marks a significant expansion of the country’s domestic AI infrastructure. The system will be built in partnership with the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), reported DD News.
The announcement was made on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. It comes in the wake of the fifth India-UAE Strategic Dialogue held in December 2025 and the visit of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India in January 2026, which cemented a comprehensive bilateral partnership spanning defence, technology, space and energy.
India’s current flagship AI supercomputer, AIRAWAT, hosted at C-DAC in Pune and presently ranked 188th in the world, has a peak AI compute capacity of around 200 AI petaflops. PARAM SiddhiAI, also at C-DAC, adds another 210 AI petaflops. Together, India’s two most powerful AI systems deliver a combined 410 AI petaflops. The new system, at 8,000 AI petaflops, would be roughly 19 times more powerful than India’s entire existing national AI computing capacity combined.
The supercomputer will be hosted within India and operate under Indian governance frameworks, with all data remaining within national jurisdiction. Designed to meet sovereign security and compliance requirements, it will function as a foundational asset under the India AI Mission. Once operational, access will be extended across India’s broader technology ecosystem, including premier research institutions, startups, small and medium enterprises, and government ministries , a model intended to lower barriers to AI innovation for a population of 1.4 billion. “Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness,” said Manu Jain, CEO of G42 India. “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.”
Andy Hock, Chief Strategy Officer of Cerebras, pointed to the company’s existing track record with G42, noting that the two had already delivered the Condor Galaxy supercomputers in the United States.
“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,” he said.
