Chennai: US-based cloud infrastructure provider Vultr plans to scale its Indian AI compute capacity to 1 GW by 2029, serving enterprises and startups hosting training and inference workloads.The company plans to operationalise its 20 MW AI cluster hosted in a data centre in Chennai by March 2027. It aims to reach 600 MW capacity by 2028, before reaching 1 GW by 2029. The company will spread capacity across locations in the country and is actively scouting and evaluating sites to support this multi-stage expansion, according to Kevin Cochrane, CMO of Vultr.He said demand is growing from enterprises, including global majors operating in India. Vultr made its initial strategic bet on India after recognising that a massive portion of global enterprise platform engineers, cloud-native architects, and developers are based in the country, he said, adding that the country serves as a primary centre for engineers building and deploying open-source AI models and agentic systems for global use.Piyush Gupta, vice president of India, APAC and Middle East at Vultr, said the company provided cloud infrastructure at 50% to 90% lower costs compared to traditional hyperscalers, enabling startups and enterprises to redirect savings into hiring and expanding workloads.The company signed a memorandum of understanding with StartupTN to extend up to $45,000 worth of cloud computing credits and preferential pricing to eligible startups across the state.
