Google rolls out Gemini-3, with assurance it will localize India data

Google on Tuesday unveiled Gemini-3, its newest foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model, with a key assurance for India: all data generated by users of its advanced platform will stay within the country's borders.

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Google has not confirmed if the Gemini-3 model and its associated data will be localized immediately.

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While Google did not confirm if the Gemini-3 model and its associated data will be localized immediately, responding to Mint's queries, a company spokesperson pointed to an 11 November statement from Saurabh Tiwary, vice-president and general manager of cloud AI at Google, who had said, "We're opening early testing for our latest and most advanced Gemini models to Indian customers. We're also committing to launching the most powerful Gemini models in India with full data residency support."

Google's commitment to store data within India comes at a time when data belonging to users of ChatGPT, run by OpenAI, has been partly localized in India, starting with business customers, since 7 May. On 5 February, Mint had reported that the company was in talks with data centres for the same.