Google to invest USD 15 billion in AI hub in Andhra Pradesh

Google will invest USD 15 billion over the next five years in setting up an AI hub in India which will include the countrys largest data centre in partnership with Adani GroupThe AI hub at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh will be Googles largest outside the US and will include 1gigawatt data centre campus new largescale energy sources and an expanded fiberoptic network the tech super giant saidIts the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the US Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said at an event here to sign the formal agreementThe announcement was made during Bharat AI Shakti a Googlehosted event here which served as a precursor to the upcoming IndiaAI Impact Summit 2026 The event saw attendance of Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu among othersGreat to speak with India PM narendramodi OfficialINDIAai to share our plans for the firstever Google AI hub in Visakhapatnam a landmark development This hub combines gigawattscale compute capacity a new international subsea gateway and largescale energy infrastructure Through it we will bring our industryleading technology to enterprises and users in India accelerating AI innovation and driving growth across the country Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a post on XSeparately Adani Enterprises the flagship firm of billionaire Gautam Adanis conglomerate said its joint venture company AdaniConneX and Google will develop Indias largest AI data centre campus and new green energy infrastructure in VisakhapatnamGoogles AI hub in Visakhapatnam is a multifaceted investment of approximately USD 15 billion over five years 20262030 comprising gigawattscale data centre operations supported by a robust subsea cable network and clean energy to drive the most demanding AI workloads in IndiaIt will be brought to life in close collaboration with ecosystem partners including AdaniConneX and Airtel the company said in a statementIt however did not indicate the investment in the data centreThe project will see coinvestment in new transmission lines clean energy generation and innovative energy storage systems in Andhra Pradesh the firm saidA monumental day for India This facility will house the TPU and GPUbased compute power required for deep learning neural network training and largescale AI model inference and create an ecosystem that accelerates AIdriven solutions for Indias most critical sectors from healthcare and agriculture to logistics and finance We are honoured to be building the engine to power Indias AI revolution providing the tools for our nations brightest minds to solve complex challenges said Gautam Adani Chairman of Adani Group in a post on XAn analysis commissioned by Google suggests that the AI hub is expected to generate at least USD 15 billion over five years 20262030 in American gross domestic product GDP because of new economic activity from increased cloud and AI adoption as well as the American talent and resources involved in developing and operating the AI hubSpeaking at the event Sitharaman said under the Modi regime several policy enablers have been part of the governance since 2014Appreciating Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Naidu Sitharaman said he in his earlier stints has shown what he can do to scale up digital infrastructureSo I think it is just the right place to land in and the right country to be in it is one of those very interesting phases in the Indian history where policy is pushing ahead much before many of the parties in political arena are even ready to absorb Sitharaman saidVaishnaw lauded the Andhra Pradesh government for giving speedy approvals for Googles investment in the stateThis data centre will be part of the AI mission It will be augmenting the AI infra which is needed for making sure that our youth get the facilities the startups get the facilities which are required for their products and their services he saidAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said Google had earlier announced an investment of USD 10 billion which they have increased to USD 15 billion He called for upskilling the youth to benefit from the growth in AIAP IT minister Nara Lokesh said that data is the new oil and data centres are new refineriesAt this juncture I dont believe that it is about Andhra Pradesh playing important role in India but India playing an important role on the global landscape he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever