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Google is set to invest $10 billion to establish its largest data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The deets: the tech giant plans to develop a one-gigawatt mega data centre region, which will become Asia’s largest once completed. Beyond data centres, the investment includes three high-capacity submarine cables, dedicated cable landing stations, and extensive metro fibre networks. The facilities are expected to be fully operational by July 2028.
Why it matters: the project is expected to contribute an average of ₹10,518 crore annually to Andhra Pradesh’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) between 2028 & 2032.
It will also create around 1.9 lakh direct and indirect jobs across construction, IT, engineering, and supply chains.
The data centre will become a key part of Andhra Pradesh’s modern digital infrastructure, boosting technologies like AI, cloud computing, IoT, 5G, and e-governance.
It will also give a strong push to related sectors such as power, fibre optics, real estate, and telecom, while improving roads, electricity, and connectivity in the region. The project also supports the state’s plan to build eco-friendly data centres powered by renewable energy.
Big picture: Google’s $10 billion investment highlights how global tech giants are racing to build India’s digital backbone. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is also planning one of India’s largest AI data centres with at least 1 gigawatt of capacity.
This move comes as a ray of hope even as major U.S. firms have paused new data centre leasing amid trade and policy tensions between India and the US.
Even with these challenges, India’s data centre market is growing fast. Right now, the country has about 1.2 gigawatts of capacity, and that’s expected to triple by 2030.
Big players like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure already handle about 30% of the demand, a share likely to grow even more in the coming years.
