Google to invest $15 billion in AI data centre in Visakhapatnam; company's largest outside the US; CEO Sundar Pichai speaks to PM Narendra Modi - The Times of India
Google has unveiled plans to invest $15 billion over the next five years to establish a major AI hub in Visakhapatnam, the company’s largest such facility outside the United States. The initiative, revealed during the “Bharat AI Shakti” event in New Delhi, includes deploying gigawatt-scale computing infrastructure, a new international subsea gateway, and supporting energy systems. In a discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized how the hub will fast-track AI development in India, support startups, and bring advanced cloud and AI tools closer to local users. Google Cloud’s Thomas Kurian noted that the hub will host Google’s proprietary TPU-based models and store data domestically to comply with sovereign AI needs. For this project, Google is collaborating with partners like the Adani Group and Airtel to build the physical and network architecture required.
The Key points
- Google will invest $15 billion over five years to set up the AI hub in Visakhapatnam.
- It will be the largest Google AI/data centre outside the U.S.
- The hub will include gigawatt-scale compute capacity.
- A new subsea gateway is planned to handle international data connectivity.
- Large-scale energy infrastructure is part of the buildout.
- The hub will deploy Google’s TPU-based AI models such as Gemini and Veo.
- Data will be stored within India to comply with data sovereignty norms.
- Google will support enterprises, startups, and users via the hub.
- Partners like Adani Group and Airtel are collaborating on infrastructure.
- Sundar Pichai discussed the project with PM Narendra Modi, aligning it with India’s tech growth goals.
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