India-based cloud service provider Yotta Data Services has successfully migrated the Digital India BHASHINI Division’s language AI platform from a global hyperscaler to an Indian cloud environment. This transition, which took place over a two-to-three-month period, has enabled BHASHINI to operate entirely on Indian cloud and GPU infrastructure, ensuring that its datasets, models, and user interactions remain within the jurisdiction of the country.
The migration was highlighted at a pre-summit event prior to the India AI Impact Summit 2026. It builds on the recent deployment of BHASHINI’s services during the Maha Kumbh 2025, where the platform was utilized for translation and voice-based assistance in over 11 Indian languages. During this significant event, BHASHINI managed real-time requests at a population scale, including the development of a multilingual assistant designed for visitors.
According to the details shared, the migration encompassed BHASHINI’s complete AI stack, which includes multilingual datasets, models, APIs, containerized services, orchestration pipelines, databases, and storage solutions. The new setup is powered by Yotta’s Shakti Cloud, utilizing Nvidia H100 GPUs and constructed with open-source and cloud-agnostic components.
Significantly, the transition involved transferring over 200 terabytes of data and more than 3.5 billion files, all without reports of data loss during the process. The BHASHINI platform is designed as a modular and reusable framework, making it suitable for adoption across various ministries, public sector units, and large national programs.
Amitabh Nag, CEO of the Digital India BHASHINI Division, remarked, “The move to Yotta’s sovereign AI cloud gives BHASHINI greater control, resilience, and scalability as it continues to serve India’s linguistic diversity. This transformation strengthens our ability to deliver inclusive, real-time multilingual services and marks a major step forward for Digital Public Infrastructure in AI. It will also serve as a blueprint for future deployments as we transition to a fully sovereign stack.”
For Yotta, this project serves as a critical proof point for the viability of running substantial AI workloads on Indian cloud infrastructure. Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, Managing Director, and CEO of Yotta Data Services, stated, “This transition highlights that hyperscale, mission-critical AI platforms can be built and operated entirely on sovereign infrastructure, without compromise. The project validates India’s ability to run advanced AI workloads on open, interoperable architectures and reflects Yotta’s capability to build and operate digital infrastructure at national scale.”
BHASHINI is part of the broader IndiaAI Mission, which focuses on funding domestic AI infrastructure, models, and applications. It specializes in translation, speech recognition, and text-to-speech capabilities for Indian languages, aiming to enhance citizen-facing services and government systems. The platform currently supports over 36 languages in text form and more than 22 languages vocally, facilitating user interactions with digital services and ensuring that public information is accessible beyond just English and a handful of major regional languages.
The migration to Yotta’s cloud is being framed by the government as a pivotal step toward creating a “sovereign” AI stack, where both the computing infrastructure and the data remain under Indian control. This strategic move is particularly significant for large public platforms operating at a national scale, cementing India’s aspirations to establish a robust and independent AI ecosystem.
As the landscape of artificial intelligence continues to evolve, the successful deployment of BHASHINI on Indian infrastructure signifies a substantial milestone. It highlights the country’s growing capabilities in managing complex AI systems while safeguarding data sovereignty, setting a precedent for future AI initiatives across various sectors.
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