BENGALURU — Dayananda Sagar University (DSU) has signed a memorandum of understanding with NVIDIA to establish what it describes as India’s first AI-first factory, backed by an investment exceeding ₹175 crore.
The planned facility will be powered by 20 NVIDIA DGX B200 (Blackwell) supercomputing clusters and is intended to support large-scale artificial intelligence model training and inference. According to the university, the initiative aims to strengthen AI infrastructure in India, reduce reliance on foreign AI models and align academic training with industry requirements.
DSU said the AI-first factory will provide production-grade AI computing within an academic setting, enabling students, researchers and enterprises to work in environments designed for real-world AI development.
“The collaboration with NVIDIA marks a fundamental shift in how we, as a university, are looking to employ innovation in the field of AI,” said Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar, Founder and Pro-Chancellor of DSU. He said the infrastructure would support sovereign technology development and talent creation.
In addition, the university plans to establish six industry-integrated Centres of Excellence with a capital expenditure of over ₹50 crore. The centres will focus on healthcare, engineering, defence, cybersecurity, semiconductors, smart mobility and sustainability. DSU said it is recruiting chief architects to lead the initiative.
The university also announced a DSU–Siemens Sustainability & Net Zero Collaboration to develop sustainable campus infrastructure.
DSU aims to skill approximately 20,000 students across disciplines in AI-related fields, including generative AI, MLOps and domain-specific applications. The university will present its AI-first factory initiative at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi from Feb. 16 to 20.
