{"id":651549,"date":"2025-01-30T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/india-lauds-chinese-ai-lab-deepseek-plans-to-host-its-models-on-local-servers\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:00:38","slug":"india-lauds-chinese-ai-lab-deepseek-plans-to-host-its-models-on-local-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/india-lauds-chinese-ai-lab-deepseek-plans-to-host-its-models-on-local-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"#India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India\u2019s IT minister on Thursday praised DeepSeek\u2018s progress and said the country will host the Chinese AI lab\u2019s large language models on domestic servers, in a rare opening for Chinese technology<\/a> in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have seen what DeepSeek has done \u2014 $5.5 million and a very very powerful model,\u201d IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday, responding to criticism New Delhi has received for its own investment in AI, which has been much less than many other countries.<\/p>\n

Since 2020, India has banned more than 300 app<\/a>s and services linked to China, including TikTok and WeChat, citing national security concerns. The approval to allow DeepSeek to be hosted in India appears contingent on the platform storing and processing all Indian users\u2019 data domestically, in line with India\u2019s strict data localization requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cData privacy issues regarding DeepSeek can be addressed by hosting open-source models on Indian servers,\u201d Vaishnaw said at an industry conference.<\/p>\n

DeepSeek\u2019s models will likely be hosted on India\u2019s new AI Compute Facility. The facility is powered by 18,693 graphics processing units (GPUs), nearly double its initial target \u2014 almost 13,000 of those are Nvidia H100 GPUs, and about 1,500 are Nvidia H200 GPUs. Around 10,000 GPUs are ready to be deployed, and the facility is scheduled to begin operations \u201cin the coming days,\u201d according to the minister.<\/p>\n

The facility will also offer computing services at steep discounts to firms in India. Vaishnaw said standard AI computing would be offered at a 42% discount to market rates, and high-precision computing would be discounted by 47%.<\/p>\n

The minister\u2019s remarks come a day after DeepSeek\u2019s eponymous app was taken off Apple\u2019s and Google\u2019s app stores in Italy, after that country\u2019s data protection regulator said it was asking how the Chinese firm was using and storing Italians\u2019 personal data.<\/p>\n

The release of DeepSeek\u2019s R1 \u201creasoning\u201d model, built on a purportedly modest budget, sent shockwaves through the tech industry this week, causing chip giant Nvidia\u2019s market cap to decline by $600 billion. The model has quickly come under intense scrutiny, and has sparked heated debates around copyright issues<\/a>, U.S. export controls, and how even more money needs to be poured into AI efforts.<\/p>\n

Beyond hosting foreign AI models, India is also trying to drive development of AI models and related technology on its own turf. \u201cMajor chip designers are willing to work with India to develop indigenous GPUs,\u201d Vaishnaw said.<\/p>\n

Vaishnaw estimated that India would see investment of $30 billion in hyperscalers and data centres over the next two to three years. One of the country\u2019s biggest conglomerates, Reliance, is planning to build what could become the world\u2019s largest data center in the city of Jamnagar, with a capacity of 3 gigawatts, Bloomberg reported last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe there are at least six major developers who can develop AI models in six to eight months on the outer limit, and four to six months on a more optimistic estimate. A common compute facility is the most important component for creating a robust AI ecosystem,\u201d Vaishnaw said.<\/p>\n

The computing facility will also support India\u2019s broader AI initiatives. Vaishnaw said 18 AI-driven applications focusing on agriculture, climate change, and learning disabilities have been selected for initial funding.<\/p>\n

To oversee development of these AI initiatives, India will establish a regulatory body using what Vaishnaw described as a \u201chub-and-spoke model,\u201d allowing multiple institutions to collaborate on safety frameworks. \u201cWe will be keeping our models open and application-focused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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