Leaders welcome Googles 87,520-crore AI hub in Visakhapatnam as enhance to Indias digital progress

Leaders from authorities and trade have hailed Google’s ₹87,520-crore (USD 15 billion) plan to arrange India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub and information centre in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, as a defining second within the nation’s technological journey.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to as it a serious step towards constructing a Viksit Bharat. “This funding, which incorporates gigawatt-scale information centre infrastructure, aligns with our imaginative and prescient for a developed India. It will democratise know-how, guarantee ‘AI for All,’ ship cutting-edge instruments to residents, and strengthen India’s world management in know-how,” he mentioned on X.

Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan mentioned the trail to a Viksit Bharat “begins from the City of Destiny.” Visakhapatnam’s function as host of the AI Hub and India’s first AI City would, he mentioned, “make AI accessible to youth, farmers, docs, fishermen, entrepreneurs, ladies, and college students alike,” highlighting Prime Minister Modi’s management and the Chief Minister’s a long time of strategic expertise. “This is our collective second to construct Bharat’s AI hub — the place youth innovate, academia researches, residents interact, and trade scales.”

Google CEO Sundar Pichai mentioned the Visakhapatnam hub would mix compute energy, subsea connectivity, and clear vitality to energy AI-driven innovation nationwide. “We will deliver our main know-how to enterprises and customers throughout India, accelerating innovation and driving progress,” he famous.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani mentioned the ability would home TPU and GPU infrastructure for large-scale AI mannequin coaching and deployment. “We are proud to associate with Google to construct India’s largest AI information centre campus, engineered for the calls for of synthetic intelligence,” he mentioned.

Bharti Airtel mentioned it might arrange a knowledge centre and cable touchdown station in Visakhapatnam to host Google’s new subsea cables. “These efforts will improve India’s digital capabilities and ship sooner, higher AI experiences nationwide,” it said.

Google India described the transfer as its largest-ever funding in India, involving new infrastructure, a world subsea gateway, and gigawatt-scale computing to serve world operations.