India AI Impact Summit 2026: OpenAI, Tata Group announce massive AI infrastructure push

ChatGPT maker has now introduced OpenAI for India at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. With this the company aims to deepen the country’s AI capabilities via infrastructure, enterprise adoption and skills development. The announcement seems to be the company’s most structured India-focused strategy yet, anchored by a major partnership with the Tata Group.

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As per the company, India has already emerged as one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing markets, with the company saying more than 100 million people in the country use ChatGPT weekly. Building on that momentum, OpenAI is now working to establish local, AI-ready data infrastructure under its global Stargate programme. As part of the plan, OpenAI will partner with Tata Consultancy Services to develop domestic data centre capacity.

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TCS’ HyperVault facilities will initially allocate 100 megawatts for OpenAI workloads, to scale it. The goal is to ensure advanced AI models can run within India while meeting data residency, security and compliance requirements, particularly for sensitive enterprise and government use cases.

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Tata Group intends to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise across its workforce in phases, beginning with hundreds of thousands of TCS employees. The company is also exploring the use of OpenAI’s coding tools to standardise AI-assisted software development across teams. Executives described the move as part of a broader ambition to embed AI deeply into core operations rather than treating it as a peripheral tool.

OpenAI also plans to expand its certification programs in India, with TCS becoming the first organization outside the United States to formally participate. Furthermore, over 100,000 ChatGPT Edu licenses will be distributed to top institutions, including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, to help students develop practical AI fluency.

This comes shortly after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described India as critical to the global evolution of democratic AI, citing its developer base and policy momentum. OpenAI also confirmed plans to expand its physical presence with new offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru later this year.

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