The project, involving an initial investment of ₹10,000 crore, will generate 1,000 high-skilled, deep-tech jobs and represents a foundational step in building a robust and inclusive AI ecosystem rooted in public interest, according to a statement.
The Sovereign AI Park will be a first-of-its-kind purpose-built district in India that integrates AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs and AI innovation clusters with a dedicated Institute for AI in Governance, it said.
“With this unprecedented initiative, Tamil Nadu will lead the nation in the scaled deployment of AI. The deployment can be across key sectors like education, agriculture, healthcare and citizen engagement,” State Industries Minister T R B Rajaa said.
“The Sovereign AI Park positions Tamil Nadu as one of the few places in the world where investors can access AI-grade infrastructure, deep talent pools, in a single ecosystem. This is how Tamil Nadu is preparing itself to absorb and scale the next wave of global technology investment,” State Industry Secretary Arun Roy said.
Drawing inspiration from the historic Sangam academies that safeguarded and enriched Tamil civilisation, the Sovereign AI Park will also serve as a modern Digital Sangam.
It will develop foundational Tamil-first AI models that link classical vocabulary with modern use-cases, thereby embedding culture and context into every layer of digital intelligence. These efforts will ensure that the next generation of AI systems in Tamil Nadu are inclusive, accurate, and locally rooted.
“Artificial intelligence will define the next generation of jobs just as manufacturing and IT defined the last. By anchoring sovereign AI infrastructure and frontier research in Tamil Nadu, students and researchers from the State will be enabled to become global creators of AI, not just consumers. This initiative aims to turn Tamil Nadu’s talent strength into long-term economic leadership,” said Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras.
“This partnership is about building AI that is trained, deployed, and governed in Tamil Nadu, for the world. By bringing together compute, researchers, startups, enterprises, and government under one Sovereign AI Park, Sarvam AI, along with the Tamil Nadu Government, is set to create the conditions for intelligence to move from experimentation to real-world impact at national scale,” Pratyush Kumar, Co-founder – Sarvam AI.
The MoU was exchanged in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, TRB Rajaa, Arun Roy, Guidance MD Darez Ahamed, Kamakoti and Pratyush Kumar.
