IndiaAI GPU tender: Lowest bidders receive AI workloads

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday assigned artificial intelligence projects, or workloads, to three companies selected to supply GPUs under the IndiaAI Mission.Hiranandani Group’s Yotta Data Services, E2E Networks and NxtGen Cloud Technologies will provide AI compute units to startups, academic institutions and organisations selected by the ministry for access to GPUs at a subsidised rate.

The subsidised rate being offered under IndiaAI, less than $1 per hour, is the lowest in the world. The government has not…