Google begins construction of its massive AI center in India

Google officially began contiguous the operation successful India of its largest artificial intelligence halfway extracurricular the United States.

The American tech elephantine had announced successful October 2025 a $15 cardinal (12.81 cardinal euros) concern implicit 5 years to build, successful Visakhapatnam—widely known arsenic Vizag—in the southeastern authorities of Andhra Pradesh, a large hub dedicated to artificial intelligence.

“Today marks the archetypal tangible milestone successful Google’s astir important committedness to India’s integer future,” said Bikash Koley, Google’s Vice President for planetary infrastructure, during the ceremony.

“This task represents a $15 cardinal concern and aims to present a implicit artificial quality ecosystem,” helium added.

“At the bosom of this inaugural is the installation of a gigawatt-scale information center, specifically designed to conscionable the tremendous computational request of the AI era,” helium further stated.

Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh’s Minister for Technology, said helium was “excited” astir the project, arsenic Visakhapatnam volition beryllium connected via undersea cables to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia.

“By turning Vizag into an planetary landing constituent for submarine cables, we are bringing indispensable diversification compared to existing facilities successful Mumbai and Chennai, which volition fortify the resilience of India’s integer web and its economical security,” Koley added.

“New strategical fiber-optic corridors volition further heighten India’s connectivity with the remainder of the world,” helium said.

“This is simply a pivotal infinitesimal for India, for Vizag, and for Google,” Koley concluded.