Bharti Airtel's AI Ambitions: Data Center Capacity to Soar to 1 GW

• Bharti Airtel plans significant investments in Artificial Intelligence and data centers, aiming to boost capacity to 1 GW.
• Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal highlighted the company's focus on a nationwide fiber network and new submarine cables to support AI growth.
• Airtel is leveraging AI for network optimization, including spam control, and making substantial investments in cybersecurity.
• The company emphasizes 'India's own AI' to ensure Indian data remains within the country on its AI-powered sovereign cloud.
• Airtel's sovereign cloud has seen strong adoption from government, BFSI, and industrial sectors, with more clients expected.