US EditionWhat Is India-America Subsea Connectivity? Why Is Google Betting Big on It?
Google's $15 billion initiative will build subsea cables and fibre routes to enhance AI data networks between India, the US, and Southern Hemisphere countries, improving connectivity and redundancy.
- On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, Sundar Pichai announced the India-America Connect Initiative in New Delhi, anchored in Google’s five-year, $15 billion AI infrastructure investment in India.
- The India-America Connect Initiative is structured as a global programme to expand high-capacity networks linking India, the United States, and Southern Hemisphere regions using subsea cables, terrestrial fibre routes and landing stations.
- The technical plan calls for three new undersea cable corridors linking India with Singapore, South Africa, and Australia, plus fibre routes between the US and India.
- According to Google, the infrastructure is designed to support cloud computing and AI workloads requiring high-bandwidth, low-latency connections while enhancing network redundancy for a population exceeding one billion.
- In education and skilling, Google DeepMind will integrate AI into more than 10,000 schools serving around 11 million students, while Google Cloud scales the iGOT Karmayogi platform for more than 20 million public servants and launches two $30 million funding initiatives.
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Google’s ‘America-India connect’ plan expands tech empire, threatens U.S. digital sovereignty * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta
Source link Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies in a House hearing Dec. 11, 2018. Google has unveiled a massive new infrastructure initiative that will stretch high-capacity fiber-optic cables between the United States and India, a development with sweeping implications for national digital sovereignty, global artificial-intelligence domination and America’s economic future. The project, called America-India Connect, was
Google's 'America-India connect' plan expands tech empire, threatens U.S. digital sovereignty * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta
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Google Unveils India-US Subsea Cable To Boost AI Connectivity
Betting big on India's AI potential, Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced new subsea cable routes to boost AI connectivity between India and the US, alongside major skilling initiatives, including training 20 million public servants.
Google unveils America–India Connect subsea cable, expands AI partnerships
Google has announced major expansion of its AI and digital infrastructure efforts in India, unveiling the America-India Connect subsea cable initiative along with new research, education and skilling partnerships.
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