US EditionGoogle to spend $15 billion on AI data centre in biggest India investment
- This past week, Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced a $15 billion investment to build an AI and data centre hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, at the Bharat AI Shakti event in New Delhi.
- Aiming to boost the digital economy, Indian officials said the investment supports Viksit Bharat 2047 and accelerates AI innovation by bringing Google's full AI stack closer to Indian users.
- The plan will feature a 1 Gigawatt campus and gigawatt-scale compute using Google's TPUs, while Bharti Airtel builds a Cable Landing Station and AdaniConneX co-develops infrastructure and green energy.
- Andhra Pradesh will formalise the deal with Google in New Delhi on Tuesday, with officials expecting over 20,000 jobs and plans to scale hosting capacity to 6 GW within three years.
- The move sits within Google's $85 billion global infrastructure plan for 2025 and links India to a global AI network spanning 12 countries, despite local bottlenecks and regulatory challenges in India.
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Adani Enterprises partners with Google for India's largest data centre campus in Visakhapatnam
AdaniConnex, a joint venture of Adani Enterprises, is partnering with Google to establish India's largest data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This significant investment will create a major AI hub, featuring gigawatt-scale data centre operations supported by subsea cables and clean energy. The project aims to bolster India's digital infrastructure and create substantial employment opportunities.
The US company Google wants to build its largest data center for artificial intelligence outside of the USA in India. The project takes place in the midst of tense trade relations between the two countries.
US technology giant Google said on Tuesday it would invest $15 billion (13 billion euros) in India, also announcing the establishment of a giant data center and artificial intelligence (AI) base in the south of the country.
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