IndiaAI Mission project saw 13 eligible bidders make presentations of their proposed solutions with graphics processing units (GPU) to the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) on Monday.
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The government initiative aims to make available 10,000 GPUs to support startups, researchers, students and academicians. Around 44%, or Rs 4,563.63 crore, of the Rs 10,371.92-crore ($1.25 billion) approved by the cabinet for the ‘IndiaAI Mission’ in March last year is reserved for providing compute capacity of more than 10,000 GPUs over five years.
The 13 bidders for the GPU tender were picked from a list of 19 applicants. The technical evaluation committee had evaluated these bids based on the eligibility and technical criteria.
The eligible bidders were invited to present their proposed solutions during the technical presentation stage. Among them are Jio Platforms, Tata Communications, Yotta Data Services, E2E Networks (in partnership with L&T), Ctrl S Datacenters, and NxtGen Datacenter and Cloud Technologies.
Following Monday’s technical presentations, commercial bids will be opened only for the technically qualified bidders. The empanelment will be valid for 36 months, with the option to extend for an additional 12 months.
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