US-India TRUST (Transforming the Relationship Utilising Strategic Technology)

 India and the US will create a roadmap by the end of the year to accelerate the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

• The initiative aims to boost investments in next-generation data centres and expand access to US-origin AI infrastructure in India.
• About US-India TRUST:
• Objective: Enhance government-to-government, academia, and private sector collaboration for promoting critical and emerging technologies.
• Key Areas: Defence, AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, biotechnology, energy, and space.
• Technology Security: Encourages the use of verified technology vendors and ensures the protection of sensitive technologies.
• AI Infrastructure and Industry Collaboration:

o Focus Areas: Enabling industry partnerships and investments in next-generation data centres.

o Cooperation on AI compute and processors for innovation in AI models and applications.

o Addressing protections and controls to safeguard AI technologies and reduce regulatory barriers.

• Significance: Comes amid US restrictions on GPU exports and the Stargate Project (US companies investing $500 billion in AI infrastructure).

o India plans to develop foundational AI models over the next 10 months, requiring AI infrastructure.

o India has started allocating 19,000 GPUs for startups, academia, and researchers.