Overview
- IT and HRD minister Nara Lokesh met AirTrunk CEO Robin Khuda and formally invited the company to consider a future campus in Visakhapatnam, with AirTrunk saying it will examine the proposals.
- Lokesh also briefed Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on investments won by Andhra Pradesh and asked for Maharashtra’s best practices in information technology and education.
- The state is promoting Visakhapatnam as an AI and hyperscale data-centre hub, citing ongoing projects such as the Google AI Hub, Reliance AI Data Centre and AdaniConneX and a target of 6 gigawatts of capacity.
- Andhra Pradesh is pairing outreach to global operators with speed-of-doing-business reforms, education-sector changes and skilling initiatives designed to supply trained workers and ease project delivery.
- AirTrunk’s pledge to review proposals is an early, non-binding step that will require corporate due diligence on power, connectivity and land; if projects proceed they could boost local jobs and increase demand for grid and port infrastructure.