Overview

• The state government formalized a $6 billion agreement with Google to build a 1 GW data centre in Visakhapatnam, marking Google’s first facility in India and the largest in Asia by investment and capacity.
• Andhra Pradesh’s cabinet approved Sify’s $1.9 billion, 550 MW data centre project, bringing total secured capacity to 1.6 GW under its IT and GCC policy.
• Two billion dollars of Google’s funding will develop renewable energy infrastructure, supporting plans for up to 10 GW of mostly green power generation over the next five years.
• Officials plan three undersea cable landing stations in Visakhapatnam to double the region’s global network links and strengthen its role as a digital gateway.
• These investments advance Andhra Pradesh’s economic diversification strategy by driving towards a 6 GW data centre capacity target by 2030.