New Delhi (India) February 19:PM Narendra Modi addressed world leaders at India AI Impact Summit 2026 and called for democratising artificial intelligence by making it a tool for inclusion and empowerment.
"Artificial intelligence marks a transformative chapter in human history. India is not just a part of the AI revolution, but is leading and shaping it," PM Modi said.
100+ Nations Unite with Tech Giants Like Microsoft
More than 100 countries and leading representatives from the global AI ecosystem have participated in the summit. The well-known leaders include Emmanuel Macron, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Antonio Guterres.
A powerful US delegation with industry leaders from Microsoft, IBM, Zoom, Kyndryl, Adobe, among others, speaks to increasing international cooperation.
Tackling Ethics, Jobs, and Global North-South AI Gap
Crucial topics include building trusted and sovereign tech stacks, developing ethical governance, ensuring AI enhances and doesn’t supplant means of livelihoods, and addressing the cross-border AI adoption gap between the Global North and South. The AI Impact Expo covers more than 70,000 square metres and presents technologies ranging from agriculture, healthcare, education, and public services.
Massive AI Expo Showcases Agri, Health, Education Tech
The focus area of AI Impact Summit India is, according to the sources, an ‘organised effort’ to democratise computational infrastructure, datasets, and research ecosystems, aimed at developing countries.
There will be a strong focus on open-source AI systems, along with plans to share scalable and replicable use cases of AI in healthcare, agriculture, climate resilience, and public service delivery.
Tata-OpenAI Pact Builds 1GW Green AI Infrastructure
Officials say talks have also turned toward building a global AI knowledge-sharing platform that unites scientific and research communities across borders. The framework is designed to promote the multi-stakeholder engagement of governments, industry leaders, academia, and civil society.
They announced Thursday a strategic partnership at Tata Group and OpenAI grounded in plans to develop 100 megawatts (MW) of AI infrastructure in India to be scaled up to 1 gigawatt (GW), in conjunction with their acceleration plans on enterprise AI adoption, solution development, and AI skilling across the Indian youth ecosystem.
Under a multi-year deal, Tata Consultancy Services' HyperVault division will build AI-ready, green-energy-supported infrastructure for next-gen AI workloads. This facility will contain purpose-built, liquid-cooled data centres with high rack densities and connectivity on the main cloud regions and will lay a foundation for making India a global hub on AI.