Connect | India // Major Panel: India in the global AI race - Ready to lead?

India’s AI ambitions are accelerating, supported by national initiatives, growing enterprise adoption and significant investment into digital infrastructure. Yet becoming a global AI hub requires more than deploying GPUs at scale. It demands alignment across power availability, capital structures, policy clarity, talent development and infrastructure delivery. As global competition intensifies, India must determine whether it is building for domestic demand alone or positioning itself as an international AI infrastructure destination. The decisions made today around site strategy, sovereignty, partnerships and long-term capacity planning will shape the country’s competitive standing for the next decade.

This opening panel will examine what must align for India to compete at global AI scale, and whether the foundations are truly in place.