Odisha
Indian state building a sovereign AI data-centre park.
Odisha is an eastern Indian state of more than 40 million people. On 24 July 2026 it signed a $1.5bn agreement with HCLTech and Sarvam AI to build a Sovereign AI Park in its capital, Bhubaneswar.
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Why is Odisha, not Gujarat or Maharashtra, hosting India's newest AI data-centre park?
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Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Odisha signs a $1.5bn sovereign AI parkBackground
Odisha is a state on India's eastern coast with a population of more than 40 million people; its capital is Bhubaneswar.
On 24 July 2026 the state government committed Rs 14,257 crore, about $1.5bn, to a Sovereign AI Park in Bhubaneswar, signing with builder HCLTech and model partner Sarvam AI, with state financial assistance folded into the outlay and operations targeted from 2028 . For a state of 40 million, the commitment is a direct fiscal stake in becoming a domestic AI-infrastructure hub rather than a pure real-estate or tax-incentive play.
The deal makes Odisha a new entrant to India's state-level AI-infrastructure competition, outside the Gujarat and Maharashtra axis that has taken most such announcements so FAR.