New Delhi: The Dell India AI Blueprint was officially launched by Dell Technologies at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, marking a significant step toward advancing India’s trusted and sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystem.
The Dell India AI Blueprint, titled “Advancing India’s AI Future: A Blueprint for Trusted, Secure and Nationwide Success,” presents a structured, execution-focused framework to help India translate its AI ambition into national-scale impact, positioning artificial intelligence as the next evolution of the country’s Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem.
The Dell India AI Blueprint outlines a national execution framework to scale AI as a core pillar of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure, aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
It is designed to support India’s policy priorities, including the IndiaAI Mission, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, and the Safe and Trusted AI framework.
The blueprint provides clear recommendations across sovereign AI infrastructure, energy-resilient data centres, federated data foundations, workforce development, and responsible governance.
India has demonstrated global leadership in deploying digital platforms at population scale through initiatives such as Aadhaar and Unified Payments Interface, as part of the broader Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem.
The Dell India AI Blueprint highlights how India can build on this foundation and move from pilot AI projects to production-scale deployment by treating AI as a shared national capability rather than fragmented technology initiatives.
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Why the Dell India AI Blueprint Matters
The Dell India AI Blueprint arrives at a critical juncture for India’s digital economy. Artificial intelligence has the potential to drive productivity gains across sectors, modernise public services, and strengthen India’s strategic autonomy in the global digital landscape.
Industry estimates indicate that AI workloads in India are projected to grow at approximately 30 percent CAGR through 2030, while the IndiaAI Mission anticipates national compute demand reaching 12–15 exaFLOPS by the end of the decade.
At the same time, projections suggest that data centres could consume up to 8% of India’s electricity by 2030.
The Dell India AI Blueprint addresses this reality by offering practical recommendations that convert policy ambition – including the IndiaAI Mission and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act – into scalable, trusted, and energy-aware execution models.
By aligning infrastructure expansion with sustainability and regulatory frameworks, the Dell India AI Blueprint aims to create a coordinated roadmap for nationwide AI adoption.
A Clear Execution Framework for Nationwide AI Adoption
The Dell India AI Blueprint is structured around three mutually reinforcing pillars – INVEST, INNOVATE, and EVOLVE – each supported by targeted recommendations.
- INVEST: Sovereign and Resilient AI Infrastructure
Under the INVEST pillar, the Dell India AI Blueprint calls for establishing sovereign, resilient AI infrastructure at national scale. Recommendations include expanding AI compute capacity, building energy-efficient data centres, and developing lawful, federated data foundations.
The framework advocates for a national AI compute strategy with defined capacity targets and regional deployment aligned with innovation clusters. It also recommends transparent access to compute infrastructure for startups, academia, MSMEs, and public institutions.
The Dell India AI Blueprint further emphasizes integrating compute growth with power availability, connectivity, and sustainability, while accelerating domestic manufacturing to strengthen supply-chain resilience.
- INNOVATE: Workforce and Ecosystem Development
With projections indicating that India may require nearly one million AI professionals by 2030, the Dell India AI Blueprint places strong emphasis on coordinated workforce development.
The framework recommends integrating AI literacy across education systems, expanding AI Centres of Excellence beyond metro cities, establishing civil service AI academies, and enabling applied research within open, sovereign AI ecosystems.
By aligning education, industry, and government efforts, the Dell India AI Blueprint seeks to ensure that India’s AI growth is inclusive and innovation-driven.
- EVOLVE: Responsible Governance and Trust-by-Design
As AI systems become more deeply embedded in critical sectors, the Dell India AI Blueprint underscores the importance of trust-by-design.
It supports India’s principles-based and sector-led governance approach while recommending clearer operational guidance, stronger AI cybersecurity baselines, and broader adoption of Zero Trust architectures.
The blueprint also calls for enhanced provenance, testing, and assurance mechanisms to address emerging risks such as data poisoning, adversarial attacks, and model misuse.
Through these measures, the Dell India AI Blueprint aims to balance innovation with accountability and security.
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Dell Technologies’ Commitment to India’s AI Vision
With AI adoption accelerating and infrastructure demand moving toward exaFLOP scale, the Dell India AI Blueprint highlights that execution will define India’s next phase of digital leadership.
Dell Technologies brings decades of experience supporting mission-critical digital platforms in India, alongside global expertise in end-to-end AI infrastructure.
Through the launch of the Dell India AI Blueprint at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the company reinforced its long-term commitment to supporting India’s AI ambitions by enabling innovation that is secure, scalable, and aligned with national goals of digital sovereignty and inclusive growth.
Vivek Mohindra, Senior Vice President and Special Advisor to the Vice Chair and COO, Dell Technologies said, “India is at a pivotal moment in its digital transformation journey, with AI poised to become a cornerstone of national progress. The Dell India AI Blueprint outlines a practical framework to harness AI in a way that benefits everyone, ensuring it is trusted, inclusive, and aligned with India’s unique strengths and goals.
By investing in sovereign infrastructure, fostering innovation through collaboration, and leveraging the power of public-private partnerships, India can build a robust AI ecosystem that drives innovation and inclusion. At Dell Technologies, we are proud to support India’s AI vision by enabling the infrastructure, partnerships, and expertise needed to turn this ambition into reality.”
Manish Gupta, President and Managing Director, Dell Technologies, India said, “India’s strength lies in its ability to innovate and adapt technology to meet the needs of its people. As we embark on this next chapter of AI adoption, it’s critical to focus on building solutions that are not only scalable and secure but also deeply aligned with India’s unique priorities of inclusion, resilience, and self-reliance.
At Dell Technologies, we are committed to working closely with the IndiaAI Mission and other stakeholders to create AI infrastructure that empowers local talent, modernises public services, and drives meaningful progress. Our AI Blueprint reflects our belief that AI will be a transformative force for good, enabling India to lead the way in shaping a future that is equitable, sustainable, and globally influential.”
