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Google Commits $15 Billion for Gigawatt-Scale AI Hub in Visakhapatnam

The Vizag campus becomes Google's largest outside the United States, integrating hyperscale compute with a subsea gateway plus a clean‑energy buildout.

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Overview

  • Google signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government at its Bharat AI Shakti event in New Delhi, with Sundar Pichai, Thomas Kurian, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and senior Union ministers present.
  • The Visakhapatnam campus will launch at 1 gigawatt of capacity with plans to scale to multiple gigawatts over the next five years.
  • Google says the hub will host a new international subsea cable landing in Vizag alongside expanded terrestrial fiber to tie into its global network.
  • AdaniConneX and Airtel are named as ecosystem partners, with plans for co‑investment in clean power generation, transmission lines and energy storage in Andhra Pradesh.
  • Investment figures differ across statements, with state officials earlier citing about $10 billion for the first 1 GW phase versus Google's $15 billion multi‑year commitment, while the state projects substantial job creation and GSDP gains.