Raghav Chadha at AI Summit 2026 India highlights the strategic need for sovereign AI infrastructure, emphasizing chips, compute capacity, and data centers as key to national power in the AI era.
At the AI Summit 2026 India, political leader Raghav Chadha delivered a compelling address on the strategic importance of artificial intelligence in the 21st century, emphasizing that global power now hinges on AI, chips, and compute capacity, rather than traditional resources like oil and steel.
Raghav Chadha highlighted that the GPU challenge India faces is not merely a “supply chain issue” but a sovereignty issue, stressing that control over chip design, manufacturing, and data centers will determine which nations dominate the AI era.
“In the AI century, power will rest with those who control chips, compute capacity, and data centers. Today, design monopolies, manufacturing concentration, and export controls determine who gets access. India controls none of these critical levers,” Raghav Chadha said.
He noted that while India possesses talent, ambition, intent, and capital, the country remains vulnerable because talent without compute is mere aspiration, and compute without sovereignty is dependence.
In the 20th century, power depended on OIL and STEEL. In the 21st century, power depends on AI, CHIPS and COMPUTE CAPABILITY.
At AI Summit 2026 India, I spoke about why the GPU challenge is not just a ‘supply chain issue’ but a ‘sovereignty issue’.
In the AI century, power will… pic.twitter.com/9cf6NlErhu
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) February 17, 2026
Raghav Chadha urged policymakers to take strategic action:
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Remove bottlenecks to AI adoption
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Diversify access to compute and chip resources
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Set clear national AI targets
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Build sovereign AI infrastructure within India
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He made it clear that these steps are not partisan concerns, but national strategic imperatives to ensure India does not fall behind in the global AI race.
Experts at the summit noted that India’s current reliance on foreign GPUs and cloud infrastructure limits its autonomy in AI development and could hinder the country’s ability to leverage AI for economic and defense priorities. Chadha’s call to action aligns with growing global awareness that AI dominance is increasingly linked to technological sovereignty rather than just talent or capital.
With India’s vast pool of engineers and AI researchers, Raghav Chadha believes the country is poised to lead if it invests in homegrown compute infrastructure and chip manufacturing capabilities, ensuring long-term strategic independence.
India’s future AI power will depend not only on its talent and capital but also on its ability to build sovereign infrastructure, control critical supply chains, and secure unrestricted access to compute resources.
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