Only Indian companies can bid for GPU procurement: centre

The government will allow only India-incorporated companies to participate in the tender process to procure graphic processing units (GPUs) and provide services to users under the India Artificial Intelligence (IndiaAI) Mission, sources told ET.

The ministry of electronics and information technology is likely to float the tender to procure 1000 GPUs or equivalent AI compute capacity for now, a source said. The winning bidder will provide services for three years for now, which may be extended on mutually agreeable terms by the government.