India hosts major AI and infrastructure summits in 2026

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 took place in New Delhi from February 16‑21, bringing together representatives from more than 100 countries and 20 international organisations. The summit produced the AI Impact Declaration, endorsed by 92 entities, and highlighted India’s expanding AI infrastructure with an additional 20,000 GPUs added to the existing 38,000‑plus under the IndiaAI Mission. Over $200 billion in AI‑related investments were announced, including a $110 billion pledge from Reliance Industries and a $15 billion AI hub plan from Google in Visakhapatnam.

Later in the year, the Business Today Infrastructure Summit 2026, presented by Adani, focused on the “Infra India 2047” agenda. Senior government officials, including Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, and industry leaders from L&T, MediaTek, Nokia and DSCI discussed priorities such as energy security, digital infrastructure, urban mobility, financing, logistics and public‑private partnerships to drive India’s long‑term development and competitiveness.