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Goldman Sachs says AI infrastructure investment broadens beyond hyperscalers
Goldman Sachs says AI infrastructure investment broadens beyond hyperscalers
A Goldman Sachs research report says AI infrastructure investment is expanding beyond big tech companies, with enterprise adoption and sovereign initiatives growing. The July report notes a widening ecosystem helped by GPU…
The Story in Brief
A Goldman Sachs research report says AI infrastructure investment is expanding beyond big tech companies, with enterprise adoption and sovereign initiatives growing. The July report notes a widening ecosystem helped by GPU backstop programmes that support neocloud growth and improve compute availability for customers.
The report highlights several deals: Meta partnered with BlackRock on a 1 GW AI data centre in Texas; IREN signed customer contracts worth USD 2.8 billion; Sharon AI announced a USD 1.32 billion cloud agreement and plans for an AI factory in New Zealand. Sovereign projects in Saudi Arabia, Croatia and Indonesia also feature. Enterprise examples include Starbucks building AI tools for inventory and maintenance, and Revolut using an AI model across fraud detection and marketing.
The Indian Opinion
The Goldman Sachs report is another reminder that India risks being a passive buyer of AI infrastructure built elsewhere. While Indian enterprises and the government talk up AI, the real test is whether domestic chip design, data centre capacity and sovereign cloud projects can keep pace. Without that, the narrative of 'AI for all' becomes just a sales pitch for foreign providers and hyperscalers. The number to watch is India's share of global AI compute capacity, if it stays below 3 per cent, the gap will only widen.
Source: livemint.com
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