India flagged as APAC AI talent and energy hub in new Colliers megatrends report

Colliers is effectively arguing that the center of gravity for applied AI talent may be shifting toward India. A market already measured in single‑digit billions but projected into the hundreds of billions, coupled with 2–3 million STEM graduates a year and relatively cheap, green office stock, paints a picture of a country where AI teams and data‑center operators can scale at lower cost than in North America or Western Europe.([indiasnews.net](https://www.indiasnews.net/news/279075848/india-emerging-as-key-apac-growth-hub-for-ai-talent-and-energy-security-colliers-report))

For the AGI race, this matters less because India will train the very largest models and more because it could host the bulk of deployment engineering, fine‑tuning, and AI‑enabled back‑office work. If a meaningful share of global inference and “AI‑augmented services” ends up running on Indian soil, that gives local firms, regulators and infrastructure providers more influence over how near‑AGI systems are actually used. It also amplifies the importance of Indian grid reliability and energy policy, since Colliers explicitly ties AI growth to energy security and green buildings.