IIT Kanpur Plans ₹200 Crore GPU-Powered HPC Facility to Anchor Its Deep-Tech Push

IIT Kanpur has announced plans for a ₹200 crore High-Performance Computing facility equipped with advanced GPUs, designed to power research in artificial intelligence and scientific simulation. The facility is the computing centerpiece of the institute's newly launched "Greater Than Us" campaign, a US$1 billion fundraising effort announced in October 2026 with ₹4,155 crore already committed. It is a planned project, not a confirmed operational system. IIT Kanpur's ₹200 Crore HPC Facility: A Leap for Deep-Tech Research The announcement, made through the institute's own campaign launch, positions the HPC facility within a wider infrastructure build-out. The Foundation pillar of the campaign carries a ₹5,000 crore goal, and its centerpiece is a ₹524 crore Central Research Facility giving researchers shared access to high-end equipment. The HPC facility sits alongside a ₹160 crore semiconductor and device processing centre with a clean room, plus advanced spectroscopy and microscopy…