Tamil Nadu signs MoU with Sarvam AI to build a ₹10,000-crore Sovereign AI Park

The Hindu
The Hindu
6h ago
The Tamil Nadu government signed an MoU with Sarvam AI to establish a ₹10,000-crore full-stack Sovereign AI Park expected to create 1,000 high-skilled deep-tech jobs.
Tamil Nadu signs MoU with Sarvam AI to build a ₹10,000-crore Sovereign AI Park
A What happened
The Tamil Nadu government signed an MoU with Sarvam AI to establish India’s first full-stack Sovereign AI Park with an initial investment of ₹10,000 crore. The project is expected to generate 1,000 high-skilled, deep-tech jobs, and the MoU was exchanged in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The park is planned as a purpose-built district integrating AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, AI innovation clusters, and an Institute for AI in Governance. Sarvam AI was selected under the IndiaAI Mission to develop India’s first sovereign large language model and received access to compute resources to build models optimised for reasoning, voice, and Indian languages.
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Key insights

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    State trust-boundary design for AI systems: A statement said the park can operate as a full-stack system where data, models, and compute remain within the State’s trust boundary.

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    Planned focus on Tamil-first foundational models: The park is planned to develop foundational Tamil-first AI models linking classical vocabulary with modern use-cases.

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    Stated goal of scaling AI deployment across public sectors: Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa said scaled AI deployment can be across education, agriculture, healthcare, and citizen engagement.

Takeaways

Tamil Nadu and Sarvam AI have formalised plans for a ₹10,000-crore Sovereign AI Park designed to integrate compute, data security, research, and innovation while targeting job creation and sector-wide AI deployment.

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