Google inaugurates India’s largest AI data centre:Invests $15 billion for the project – one of the largest FDI in India’s history

The US-based tech giant, Google, has inaugurated India’s largest data centre worth $15 billion in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Adani and Airtel Group are also involved in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub project. The AI data centre will have a capacity of 1 Gigawatt and will be developed across nearly 600 acres in Tharluwada, Adavivaram, and Rambilli regions. Companies such as Adani and Airtel are partners in the project. Bharti Enterprises Vice Chairman Rakesh Bharti Mittal on Tuesday said that the upcoming Google Cloud India AI Hub in Visakhapatnam will position the city as a key gateway to the “intelligence age,” highlighting the growing importance of digital infrastructure in India’s growth story. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony, Mittal highlighted that the project builds on decades of telecom and digital investments in the region, recalling the launch of Airtel services in Andhra Pradesh in 1999. “As we broke ground this morning on what will be India’s largest mega AI hub, I am reminded of a very special event back in 1999, when Airtel was launched in Andhra Pradesh at the hands of Shri Chandra Babu Naidu, the Chief Minister. At that time, we made a commitment to build telecommunications connectivity, and as we moved on, a very strong, digital hub, digital infrastructure to meet the Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India,” he said. Google’s latest investment to augment India’s FDI: Google’s latest investment will help augment India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Since the time PM Modi has become India’s Prime Minister, he has always pitched to foreign companies to come and set up factories in India. Google’s latest announcement is a step towards this direction. Google’s past investment with RIL: This is not the first time that the largest tech company has announced an investment in India. In the past, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), chairman, Mukesh Ambani, had made public several investments with Google in India.