HCLTech on Friday announced that it plans to set up its first AI Data Center in the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park in partnership with Sarvam and the Government of Odisha.

In an exchange filing, the company said the AI data center will be established as part of its proposed entry into the full-stack AI market

The filing added that “the planned capital outlay for the project will be Rs 14,257 crore, including financial assistance from the Government of Odisha.”

According to the company, the 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 also said the project “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.”