Dell Technologies Launches AI India Blueprint at India AI Impact Summit 2026 to Advance India’s Trusted and Sovereign AI Future
Story Highlights
- The Dell India AI Blueprint presents a national execution framework to scale artificial intelligence as a core pillar of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, aligned with Viksit Bharat 2047
- The framework supports India’s policy priorities including the IndiaAI Mission, Digital Personal Data Protection Act and the Safe and Trusted AI framework
- The blueprint outlines clear recommendations across sovereign AI infrastructure, energy-resilient data centres, federated data foundations, workforce development and responsible governance
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New Delhi, India – February 20, 2026 – Dell Technologies today announced the launch of its AI India Blueprint, “Advancing India’s AI Future: A Blueprint for Trusted, Secure and Nationwide Success,” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It provides a structured, execution-focused framework to help India translate its AI ambition into national-scale impact, positioning artificial intelligence as the next evolution in India’s Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem.
India has demonstrated global leadership in deploying digital platforms at population scale through initiatives such as Aadhaar, UPI and the broader Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem. As AI becomes central to economic competitiveness, governance and innovation, The Dell India AI Blueprint outlines how India can move from pilots to production by treating AI as a shared national capability rather than a fragmented set of technology projects.
Why it matters
AI has the potential to drive productivity gains across every sector, modernise public services and strengthen India’s strategic autonomy in the global digital economy. Industry estimates indicate that AI workloads in India are projected to grow at approximately 30 percent CAGR through 2030, while the IndiaAI Mission anticipates national compute demand in the 12–15 exaFLOPS range by the end of the decade. At the same time, projections suggest that data centres could consume up to 8% of India’s electricity by 2030, underscoring the need for coordinated infrastructure and energy planning.
The Dell India AI Blueprint addresses these realities by offering practical recommendations to convert policy ambition, including the IndiaAI Mission and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, into scalable, trusted and energy-aware execution.
A clear execution framework for nationwide AI adoption
The Blueprint is anchored around three mutually reinforcing pillars, each supported by targeted recommendations:
INVEST
Establish sovereign, resilient AI infrastructure at national scale by expanding AI compute capacity, energy-efficient data centres and lawful, federated data foundations. The blueprint calls for a national AI compute strategy with defined capacity targets, regional deployment aligned with innovation clusters and transparent access for startups, academia, MSMEs and public institutions. It also emphasizes integrating compute growth with power availability, connectivity and sustainability while accelerating domestic manufacturing to strengthen supply-chain resilience.
INNOVATE
With India projected to require nearly one million AI professionals by 2030, the blueprint emphasises coordinated workforce development across education, industry and government. Key recommendations include integrating AI literacy across education, expanding AI Centres of Excellence beyond metro cities, establishing civil service AI academies and enabling applied research and innovation through open, sovereign AI ecosystems.
EVOLVE
As AI systems become more pervasive across critical sectors, the blueprint reinforces the importance of trust-by-design. It supports India’s principles-based and sector-led governance approach while recommending clearer operational guidance, stronger AI cybersecurity baselines and wider adoption of Zero Trust architectures. The framework also calls for enhanced provenance, testing and assurance mechanisms to address emerging risks such as data poisoning, adversarial attacks and model misuse.
Dell’s commitment to India’s AI future
With AI adoption accelerating and infrastructure demand moving toward exaFLOP scale, execution will define India’s next phase of digital leadership. Dell Technologies brings decades of experience supporting mission-critical digital platforms in India and global leadership in end-to-end AI infrastructure to help enable this transition.
Through the launch of The Dell India AI Blueprint at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Dell Technologies reinforces its long-term commitment to supporting India’s AI ambitions by enabling innovation that is secure, scalable, and aligned with the nation’s goals of digital sovereignty and inclusive growth.
Perspectives
“India is at a pivotal moment in its digital transformation journey, with AI poised to become a cornerstone of national progress. The Dell India AI Blueprint outlines a practical framework to harness AI in a way that benefits everyone, ensuring it is trusted, inclusive, and aligned with India’s unique strengths and goals. By investing in sovereign infrastructure, fostering innovation through collaboration, and leveraging the power of public-private partnerships, India can build a robust AI ecosystem that drives innovation and inclusion. At Dell Technologies, we are proud to support India’s AI vision by enabling the infrastructure, partnerships, and expertise needed to turn this ambition into reality.” – Vivek Mohindra, Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the Vice Chair and COO, Dell Technologies
“India’s strength lies in its ability to innovate and adapt technology to meet the needs of its people. As we embark on this next chapter of AI adoption, it’s critical to focus on building solutions that are not only scalable and secure but also deeply aligned with India’s unique priorities of inclusion, resilience, and self-reliance. At Dell Technologies, we are committed to working closely with the IndiaAI Mission and other stakeholders to create AI infrastructure that empowers local talent, modernises public services, and drives meaningful progress. Our AI Blueprint reflects our belief that AI will be a transformative force for good, enabling India to lead the way in shaping a future that is equitable, sustainable, and globally influential.” – Manish Gupta, President and Managing Director at Dell Technologies, India
