New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Private investments in India's artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure could double from last year's $70 billion by the end of the ongoing financial year (FY26), Union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

Artificial intelligence infrastructure includes data centres and cloud computing servers with graphic processing units (GPUs).

"As far as AI infrastructure is concerned, so far we have already seen $70 billion in investments that are already on ground and in the execution phase. The way we see enthusiasm, we shouldn't be surprised if this number doubles by the end of the Summit," Vaishnaw said.

Vaishnaw was addressing reporters ahead of India's AI Impact Summit, sla...