Following its July 13, 2026 announcement on entering the full-stack AI market, HCLTech has revealed plans to establish its first AI data center in the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park.
The AI data center will be developed in collaboration with Sarvam and the Government of Odisha, with a planned investment of ₹14,257 crore, including financial support from the state government.
This investment will boost India’s sovereign AI play and local developer ecosystem by leveraging HCLTech’s full-stack AI capabilities and Sarvam’s foundation models to offer sector-specific AI applications to private and public sector enterprises and address the government’s sovereignty needs. It will also contribute to delivery of multi-lingual AI based services to the last mile, in line with Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi’s clarion call of AI for the benefit of everyone.
A Memorandum of Understanding to this effect was signed between HCLTech, Government of Odisha and Sarvam in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Sh. Mohan Charan Majhi; Dr Mukesh Mahaling, Hon’ble Minister of Electronics and IT, Government of Odisha; Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech; C Vijayakumar, CEO & MD, HCLTech and Pratyush Kumar, Co-Founder of Sarvam.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech commented, “HCLTech has been a flagbearer of India’s technology industry. In line with the Digital India and Atmanirbhar Bharat vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, we strive to be an enabler of India’s sovereign AI ecosystem with differentiated offerings across the value chain through focused investments and partnerships. We are pleased to start this endeavor in partnership with Odisha government and Sarvam.”
“This is an important milestone in our full-stack AI play and will enable us to serve the large demand for sovereign AI solutions and unlock the scale of our strategic partnership with Sarvam. Odisha offers a progressive policy environment backed by excellent infrastructure and we look forward to working with them in collaboration with Sarvam, added C Vijayakumar, CEO & Managing Director, HCLTech.
According to Pratyush Kumar, Co-Founder, Sarvam, “The Odisha Sovereign AI Park will connect high-performance compute with Indian models and real-world applications. Together with HCLTech, we are excited to bring Sarvam’s full-stack AI capabilities to enterprises and public systems at scale.”
India is among the fastest growing technology markets globally and a growth market for HCLTech. The country’s data center ecosystem is on a rapid growth trajectory, driven by strong demand from a vibrant digital economy, data localization and critical infrastructure needs to support GPU deployments for AI training and inference workloads.
