Modi’s AI summit blitz sparks global race for India’s data future

Delhi just staged one of the world’s biggest AI gatherings - and India used it to pitch itself as the planet’s next home for data centres, chips and compute.

With Big Tech chiefs and world leaders watching, the message was clear: build AI in India, and tap a market and workforce few rivals can match.

Yet beneath the momentum, questions linger over how this AI surge will reshape power, policy and profit in the decade ahead.