Overview
- India's electronics and IT minister said Google is exploring investments in AI infrastructure and in making servers and drones in the country.
- The remark follows Google's $15 billion plan to build an AI hub in Visakhapatnam, where work has begun with AdaniConneX and Nxtra by Airtel.
- The project is billed as India's first gigawatt-scale AI complex with three campuses and a 1 gigawatt hyperscale data center.
- Andhra Pradesh has set aside about 600 acres in Turluvada, Rambilli, and Adavivaram for the campuses, according to an official statement.
- Plans tied to the hub include the America-India Connect subsea cable for extra fiber capacity and a long-term push to add new clean energy to the grid.