AI and Machine Learning
India Dangles Long Tax Holiday to Woo Global Cloud Giants
A tax holiday stretching to 2047 and looser transfer-pricing rules mark India’s boldest bid yet to turn data centers into the backbone of its AI ambitions.
A tax holiday stretching to 2047 and looser transfer-pricing rules mark India’s boldest bid yet to turn data centers into the backbone of its AI ambitions.
The Finance Minister proposed supporting the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies in setting up AVGC Content Creator Labs in 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges.
Study estimates AI could unlock massive value across five foundational sectors, arguing India’s edge lies in disciplined, large-scale deployment rather than frontier model development.
India must address energy availability, infrastructure gaps and regulatory bottlenecks to scale its data centre ecosystem, the Economic Survey 2025–26 warns.
The network was used by hundreds of cybercrime and espionage groups to hide malicious activity behind consumer internet connections.