Muskan Bhatia
New Delhi, Feb 17 (UNI): Placing sustainability at the centre of India's artificial intelligence expansion, Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, on the second day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, said the country's AI growth will be powered by clean energy, efficient infrastructure, and responsible deployment frameworks.
Highlighting India's energy advantage, the Minister, on Tuesday, noted that over 50 per cent, currently about 51 per cent, of the country's installed power generation capacity comes from clean sources. This, he said, positions India among a select group of nations capable of scaling AI compute infrastructure while keeping its carbon footprint in check. He also pointed to ongoing research aimed at reducing power and water consumption in AI data centres, with emerging innovations indicating the potential to lower AI infrastructure energy use by up to 35 per cent.