Google to invest $15 bn on Al hub in India; partners Adani for data centre

In its largest-ever commitment to India, Google announced plans to invest $15 billion in building a massive AI infrastructure hub in Andhra Pradesh, including a gigawatt-scale data centre in partnership with the Adani Group.

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The investment, to be rolled out between 2026 and 2030, marks one of the largest technology projects in India’s history.

The hub, to be located in Visakhapatnam, will serve as Google's largest facility outside the United States and is expected to generate 5,000-6,000 direct jobs and up to 30,000 total jobs in the region. The project will include a clean energy-powered data centre, a new international subsea gateway, and a fibre-optic network to support India's rapidly growing demand for AI computing power.

"This is the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the US," said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, during the signing ceremony in Andhra Pradesh.

Google's partners in the project include AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and US-based EdgeConnex, and Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator.

The facility's 1-gigawatt (GW) capacity will consume nearly half of Mumbai's annual electricity usage, with power supplied from renewable energy sources developed by Adani.