NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio chairman Akash Ambani urged the government to expedite the updating of the 2020 draft of the Data Centre Policy to ensure that Indian data remains within the country. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress 2024, Ambani noted that Indian mobile companies, along with the thriving ecosystem, are well-positioned to offer solutions to the rest of the world, including developed nations.
“The scale and speed of multi-lingual data generation in India, which will drive the AI revolution, will grow exponentially. We request the government to expedite the updating of the 2020 draft of the Data Centre Policy. Indian data should remain in Indian Data Centres,” said Akash Ambani.
The Indian government's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) released the Draft Data Centre Policy 2020 to ensure viable and reliable data centre capabilities for India. While addressing the audience at IMC 2024, Ambani assured the Prime Minister that India will achieve an even better record with 6G. “The world is in awe that a nation crawling at 2G speed only eight years ago is now a digital superpower galloping down the 5G highway. I would like to assure the Prime Minister that India will have an even better record with 6G,” said Akash Ambani. He also mentioned that India’s per capita data consumption of over 30 GB is among the highest in the world.
Regarding AI, Akash Ambani stated that Jio has begun efforts to bring the benefits of AI to every Indian. He mentioned that, just as Jio did with mobile broadband, it aims to achieve the same with AI adoption in the country at affordable prices. “We are committed to democratizing AI, offering powerful AI models and services to everyone in India at affordable prices,” said Ambani.