Indian Deeptech Shifts Focus to AI Supporting Infrastructure and Data Centres

28 Oct 2026, 11:00 am · 3h ago · 1 min read · Inc42New

Indian venture capital investors are increasingly focusing on specialized supporting infrastructure for artificial intelligence rather than competing directly across the general compute hardware stack. As data centres face surging power density and operational challenges, key opportunities are emerging in power delivery, advanced cooling systems, and processor-memory interconnects. Industry experts note that while the Indian deeptech ecosystem historically faced challenges with patient capital and long development cycles, developing niche efficiencies for total cost of ownership in AI workloads presents a viable pathway for domestic startups to capture global AI infrastructure market share.