Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a mega order worth ₹10,000 to ₹15,000 crore to build India’s largest single-cluster AI infrastructure — a factory deploying 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs at its Chennai data centre campus. The project, commissioned by US-based AI cloud company Together AI, marks L&T’s entry into the AI Factory business and positions India as a serious contender in the global AI infrastructure race.
The announcement, made on August 13, 2026, is one of the largest AI infrastructure deals in India’s history and signals a major shift in how the country approaches compute-intensive technology.
What is the L&T NVIDIA B300 AI Factory?
The AI Factory will be developed by L&T’s AI infrastructure subsidiary LTN Compute, which operates under the Vyoma.AI brand. It will be hosted at Vyoma’s Chennai data centre campus, designed as a gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure site.
The first phase is engineered for 250 MW capacity with power infrastructure readiness of 150 MVA, allowing significant room for future expansion. The facility will combine data centre capacity with accelerated computing, high-performance networking, ultra-low-latency interconnects, parallel storage, and managed AI infrastructure operations.
Customers will be able to deploy and scale AI workloads — including large-scale training, inference, and fine-tuning — through a single unified infrastructure stack.
Why does this deal matter for India?
India has largely been a consumer of AI technology rather than a builder of AI infrastructure. This deal changes that equation. By hosting 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs — among the most powerful AI chips available — on Indian soil, the country gains domestic capacity to train and run large AI models without depending entirely on foreign data centres.
This is particularly significant given the growing global demand for AI adoption across industries. Companies, governments, and research institutions in India and the surrounding region will be able to access world-class compute infrastructure locally, reducing latency, data sovereignty concerns, and costs.
The project also aligns with India’s broader push under the ₹10,370 crore IndiaAI mission, which has been working to build domestic AI capabilities including training programs to empower professionals with advanced AI skills.
Who is Together AI and why did they choose L&T?
Together AI is a US-based AI cloud company that provides an AI-native cloud platform for large-scale model training and deployment. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Vipul Ved Prakash, said: “Making AI globally accessible is going to be the biggest infrastructure build-out in human history, and L&T understands that.”
L&T was chosen for its engineering scale, its existing data centre campus in Chennai, and its ability to deliver gigawatt-class infrastructure. S N Subrahmanyan, L&T’s chairman and managing director, called the deal “a significant milestone in L&T’s Gigawatt AI Infrastructure Mission.”
What are NVIDIA B300 GPUs and why are they important?
The NVIDIA B300 is part of NVIDIA’s latest generation of AI accelerator chips, designed specifically for training and running large language models and other compute-intensive AI workloads. Deploying 10,000 of these chips in a single cluster creates one of the most powerful AI compute facilities in the world.
For context, most individual enterprises operate with a few hundred GPUs. A 10,000-GPU cluster enables training of frontier-level AI models that would otherwise require access to facilities in the US or Europe. This is the kind of infrastructure that could reshape India’s position in the global AI industry.
What does this mean for India’s AI ecosystem?
The L&T-Together AI deal is part of a broader trend of AI infrastructure investment in India. LTN Compute is developing AI-ready digital infrastructure across hyperscale AI data centres, sovereign cloud platforms, AI Factory services, GPU-as-a-Service, and managed AI platforms. These services will cater to governments, enterprises, cloud providers, and AI companies.
The Chennai campus is planned to scale beyond the initial 250 MW phase, potentially becoming one of the largest AI infrastructure sites in Asia. As the demand for AI-powered tools and applications continues to grow across sectors, having domestic compute infrastructure becomes a strategic advantage.
FAQs
What is the total value of the L&T NVIDIA AI Factory deal?
The order is valued between ₹10,000 crore and ₹15,000 crore (approximately $1.2–1.8 billion), making it one of the largest AI infrastructure investments in India.
Where will the AI Factory be located?
The facility will be built at L&T’s Vyoma.AI data centre campus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is designed as a gigawatt-scale site with an initial capacity of 250 MW.
How many NVIDIA B300 GPUs will be deployed?
The first phase will deploy 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs in a single cluster, making it India’s largest single-cluster AI infrastructure.
Who is the client for this AI Factory?
Together AI, a US-based AI cloud company, has commissioned the facility. It will support Together AI’s cloud platform for large-scale AI training, inference, and fine-tuning workloads.
When is the AI Factory expected to be operational?
L&T has not announced a specific completion date, but the first phase is designed for 250 MW capacity with 150 MVA power readiness. Construction and deployment are expected to proceed in phases.
Sources
Information sourced from The Economic Times, L&T official statements, and Together AI communications reported on August 13, 2026.
