Addis Ababa, February 23, 2026 (FMC) – A large-scale “Humanity-First AI City” is set to be established in Bengaluru, with plans to accommodate more than 10,000 researchers and innovators by the end of the year.
The initiative is designed to support model training, fine-tuning and inference, while strengthening India’s position in advanced artificial intelligence research, TV BRICS reported, citing its Indian partner IANS.
The project will begin with the creation of a 46,450 square metre AI research and innovation campus in Sarjapura. Leading academic institutions are expected to participate as foundational research partners.
Phase one of the programme will focus on developing and testing foundational intelligence frameworks in controlled real-world conditions. Plans include building city-scale AI models using structured multimodal data and establishing validation mechanisms for agent-based and physical AI systems prior to broader deployment.
The campus will provide connectivity of up to 400 gigabits per second to major AI cloud platforms with sub-millisecond latency, enabling large-scale experimentation without data constraints. Over the next 36 months, the infrastructure is planned to expand into a broader urban AI testbed, allowing both Indian and international organisations to evaluate systems in dynamic, city-scale conditions.