New Delhi: Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a significant investment of ₹15,000 crore for India’s first Artificial Intelligence Hub, aligning with Trump’s “Make America Great Again” vision.
Pichai provided details about the AI hub set to be developed in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, during an event in Delhi, attended by IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu, and IT Minister N. Lokesh.
Delighted by the launch of the Google AI Hub in the dynamic city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This multi-faceted investment that includes gigawatt-scale data center infrastructure, aligns with our vision to build a Viksit Bharat. It will be a powerful force in… https://t.co/lbjO3OSyMy
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 14, 2025
Data centers are becoming essential due to the need for cloud services, digital platforms, massive computing power, and low-latency connectivity.
Okay Google, sync for Viksit Bharat…
#GoogleComesToAP @AshwiniVaishnaw@nsitharaman@naralokesh @bikashkoley73@ThomasOrTK @Google pic.twitter.com/WtQNAQ8Gjg— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) October 14, 2025
The five-year plan (2026–2030) is expected to create over 100,000 jobs, as stated by Civil Aviation Minister N. Ram Mohan Naidu.
This center will be developed in collaboration with AdaniConneX and Airtel. As part of this initiative, Google will construct new international submarine cables in Visakhapatnam, enhancing India’s internet capabilities and complementing existing gateways in Mumbai and Chennai.
