Google on Tuesday announced it will invest $15 billion over the next five years to build a data center for an artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Andhra Pradesh, India. This is one of Google’s largest investments in the country.
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said at an event in New Delhi, “It’s the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the U.S.”
The 1-gigawatt data center will be located in the port city of Visakhapatnam. Earlier, officials from Andhra Pradesh had estimated the investment at $10 billion. This investment comes as tech companies are competing to build more data centers to meet the growing demand for AI services.
Google plans to spend $85 billion this year to expand its data center capacity worldwide. AI needs a lot of computing power, so companies are creating specialised data centers that connect thousands of chips together.
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Other tech giants, like Microsoft and Amazon, have also invested billions in data centers in India, where nearly a billion people use the internet, making it an important market.
According to reports, Google’s plans in July 2025. The data center in India will be the largest in Asia in terms of capacity and investment, and it is part of Google’s broader expansion in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh said, “In an era where data is the new oil, such initiatives will serve as a strategic advantage.”
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