Lenovo to begin AI server manufacturing in India; launches new R&D lab

Lenovo established a research and development lab and announced high-performance artificial intelligence (AI) server manufacturing in India, on Tuesday. 

The R&D lab in Bengaluru will be the 19th of its kind globally for the company. It is one of the four labs dedicated to infrastructure solutions joining server design and development centres in Morrisville, Beijing, and Taipei.

The lab is equipped with tools for advanced tools for electrical, design/testing, power characterisation, thermal analysis, and compliance testing. Lenovo said in a statement that the lab will be pivotal in system design, development, and testing of next-generation server platforms, including hardware, firmware, and software development, contributing to the company’s global research initiatives. 

“With today’s announcement of AI server manufacturing in India, we complete Lenovo’s pocket-to-cloud technologies ‘Made in India’ for the world. The Infrastructure R&D Lab’s focus on designing and developing next-generation mainstream servers further underscores Lenovo’s dedication to ‘R&D in India for the world’,” said Shailendra Katyal, Managing Director, Lenovo India.

Further, Lenovo has started manufacturing AI servers from its Puducherry facility. The production line at the facility has been operational since 2005 and will now produce enterprise AI and GPU servers for AI workloads. It has a production capacity of around 50,000 enterprise AI rack servers annually and 2,400 high-end GPU units. These servers, featuring Lenovo’s advanced 8-way GPU architecture, will address the AI infrastructure needs, with over 60% of the production slated for export across the Asia-Pacific region.
 
The Puducherry plant will manufacture five key offerings from Lenovo’s portfolio, including three rack-mounted enterprise AI servers and two flagship 8-way GPU servers. These next-gen technologies are poised to drive substantial growth for Lenovo’s India business in the coming year.