Sarvam AI Partners with Odisha, Tamil Nadu to Build Sovereign AI Infrastructure
The company said the collaborations aim to develop large-scale compute capacity, India-focused AI models and institutional frameworks to support AI deployment across government services, positioning AI as foundational digital infrastructure.
Indian artificial intelligence startup Sarvam AI has announced strategic partnerships with the governments of Odisha and Tamil Nadu to build sovereign AI infrastructure and expand adoption of population-scale AI services across public systems.
The company said the collaborations aim to develop large-scale compute capacity, India-focused AI models and institutional frameworks to support AI deployment across government services, positioning AI as foundational digital infrastructure.
In Odisha, Sarvam has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a 50-megawatt AI-optimised capacity hub that will function as a public AI utility for the state.
The facility is expected to support use cases across mining, heavy industry and workforce skilling, while also serving as part of a broader national compute grid to support India’s AI growth. Officials said the initiative aligns with efforts to shift the state toward a technology-driven economy.
In Tamil Nadu, Sarvam is working with the state government and IIT Madras on “Digital Sangam,” described as India’s first sovereign AI research park. The project will include a 20-megawatt AI-optimised data centre alongside research, startup incubation and AI application development.
Planned deployments include voice-enabled citizen services, agricultural advisory tools and AI-powered public helplines aimed at improving access to government services.
Sarvam said the partnerships mark early steps toward a national sovereign AI stack built on domestic compute infrastructure, Indian-language models and shared digital public infrastructure to support large-scale adoption across the country.
