A.P. Chief Minister in Delhi to ask Prime Minister for signing MoU with Google

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu  is scheduled to satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (October 13) to personally invite him to 2 key upcoming State occasions — the ‘Super GST – Super Savings’ programme in Kurnool and the CII Partnership Summit 2025 in Visakhapatnam on November 14-15. The Kurnool occasion will spotlight joint Centre–State initiatives for fiscal effectivity below next-generation GST reforms, whereas the CII Summit will showcase Andhra Pradesh’s rising potential for world funding and innovation.

On October 14, the Chief Minister will take part in a  memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the federal government of Andhra Pradesh and Google at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi. The settlement entails the institution of Asia’s first 1-gigawatt hyperscale information centre campus in Visakhapatnam, representing an funding of almost USD 10 billion (₹84,000 crore).

The undertaking will function the cornerstone of the bold “AI City Vizag” initiative, combining cutting-edge AI infrastructure, information capability, renewable power integration, and world fiber-optic connectivity. The facility will hyperlink straight with Google’s world community via resilient subsea and terrestrial techniques, positioning Visakhapatnam as a key node in India’s digital future.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will attend the signing ceremony, together with Google’s prime world executives, together with Thomas Kurian (CEO, Google Cloud), Bikash Koley (vice-president, Global Infrastructure), and Karan Bajwa (president, Asia Pacific Google Cloud).

Speaking forward of the occasion, Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh described the undertaking as “a transformative step for the way forward for Andhra Pradesh and a defining second in India’s AI-driven progress.”

According to State estimates, the Vizag information centre undertaking is predicted to contribute a mean of ₹10,518 crore yearly to Andhra Pradesh’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) between 2028 and 2032, whereas supporting almost 1.88 lakh direct and oblique jobs annually. The initiative can even generate productiveness spillovers valued at ₹47,720 crore over 5 years, pushed by Google Cloud’s ecosystem.

The undertaking has been accredited by the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) chaired by the Chief Minister and will probably be facilitated via single-window clearances, renewable power integration, and plug-and-play infrastructure managed by the Economic Development Board and the Department of ITE&C.