Telangana AI ecosystem will drive global products, IP and businesses, says Sanjay Jaju

Telangana is aiming to move beyond adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to developing AI products, intellectual property and businesses for global markets, Chief Secretary and Special Chief Secretary, ITE&C and Industries & Commerce Departments, Sanjay Jaju, said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the CII Telangana AI Summit 2026 here, Mr. Jaju said the State was building an ecosystem to support AI innovation, backed by its strong IT and Global Capability Centre (GCC) base. Telangana has Rs.3.13 lakh crore in IT exports, nearly one million IT professionals and 515 GCCs employing around three lakh people, he said.

The State is targeting five gigawatts of data-centre capacity and plans to provide sovereign AI-grade computing, AI-ready datasets, subsidised GPU access and sandbox tools through the Telangana Data Exchange.