<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="parent_top_div"><p>Microsoft and Yotta Data Services have joined hands to offer the former’s Azure AI services on Shakti Cloud, the latter’s cloud platform, the two companies said in a press note. The partnership will help Microsoft and Yotta engage with IndiaAI Mission participants, government agencies, IITs, start-ups, enterprises, and software development companies to leapfrog AI innovation, they said.</p> <p>  “Our partnership with Yotta to power Shakti Cloud will help unlock AI innovation at scale. India is already among the top global markets in AI adoption and return on investment. Together with Yotta, we will continue to help India become an AI-first nation, securely and responsibly,” said Puneet Chandok, president, Microsoft India and South Asia.</p><p>  The central government has announced a Rs 10,372 crore IndiaAI Mission with seven key pillars, including enhancing India’s compute capacity, building an IndiaAI innovation centre, creating and managing an AI datasets platform, and launching an application development initiative, among others.</p> <div><p>  Against the targeted procurement of 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs)—a key hardware component required for developing foundation models, large language models, and small language models—the government received nearly 18,500 GPUs in the first round of bidding and hopes to receive bids for another 15,000 in the second round.<small> </small></p><p><strong>ALSO READ: Gen AI single most transformative force of 2024: TCS' N Chandrasekaran</strong></p></div>  <p>  Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw has also announced the government’s intent to help companies build a sovereign foundation model within the next 10 months. The development of the foundation model is also being undertaken under the IndiaAI Mission.</p> <p>  “The Microsoft-Yotta partnership will give access to cutting-edge AI capabilities to all Indian enterprises and provide a significant boost to the nation’s AI ambitions,” the companies said.</p> <p>“This partnership is a key step towards India’s AI self-reliance and digital transformation, and we are excited to support Indian enterprises in their journey towards AI excellence with a full gamut of offerings. The combined strength of Microsoft’s services, backed by Yotta’s infrastructure, gives access to some of the best capabilities to support AI development in the country. It will make cutting-edge AI capabilities accessible to Indian enterprises of all sizes,” said Sunil Gupta, chief executive officer and co-founder, Yotta Data Services.</p> </div></div>

<p>微软与 Yotta 数据服务公司合作，在 Yotta 的 Shakti 云上提供 Azure AI 服务，旨在增强印度的 AI 创新。此次合作将吸引包括政府机构和企业在内的各方利益相关者，以支持印度 AI 使命，该使命的预算为 10372 亿印度卢比。该倡议专注于提升计算能力和开发 AI 数据集。预计此次合作将为印度企业提供先进的 AI 能力，助力国家的数字化转型和在 AI 领域的自给自足</p>

微软与 Yotta 合作，将 Azure AI 引入 Shakti Cloud 以支持 IndiaAI 计划