New Delhi. Akash Ambani, chairman of the country’s largest telecom company Reliance Jio, said on Tuesday that the data of Indian users should remain within the country. Ambani also advocated providing other incentives, including electricity, to Indian companies willing to set up data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of ‘ITU WCSA 2024’ here, Ambani described AI as a revolutionary tool for bringing major changes in every sector including healthcare, education, agriculture and manufacturing. He emphasized that AI is very important to achieve India’s goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047.
Ambani said in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “AI is very important to realize our dream of a developed India by 2047. Therefore, under your leadership, India should immediately adopt AI with maximum self-reliance.” He said that Reliance Jio is making all possible efforts to bring the benefits of AI to every Indian everywhere, as it did in the case of mobile broadband.
Ambani said, “We are committed to bringing the benefits of AI to everyone, providing powerful AI models and services at affordable rates to everyone in India.” Describing AI as a revolutionary tool, he said that it will completely change every aspect of life, every aspect of society and every sector of the economy. Citing the possibility of change in sectors like manufacturing, education and agriculture, he said that this will usher in a new era of efficiency.
On the power and potential of Artificial Intelligence, he said that AI has the potential to completely transform the manufacturing sector including SMEs.
Ambani further said that Jio is laying the groundwork for a national AI infrastructure. The scale and pace of multilingual data production in India will increase rapidly.
He said, “We request the government to expedite the redrafting of the Data Center Policy 2020. Indian data should remain in Indian data centers only.” He suggested that Indian companies willing to set up AI and machine learning data centers should get all necessary incentives, including power consumption.