Google has formally commenced work on its India AI Hub Project, which will be the most significant commitment by the tech giant in India thus far. The development will be carried out in collaboration with AdaniConneX and Nxtra by Airtel, and it is being built as a megawatt-level AI ecosystem meant to enable India’s future digital infrastructural plans.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place at Tarluvada in Andhra Pradesh, in the presence of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, state IT Minister Nara Lokesh, Google Cloud Vice President Bikash Koley, Adani Group directors Karan Adani and Jeet Adani, and Bharti Enterprises Vice Chairman Rakesh Mittal.
The central element of the project is Google’s proposed commitment of $15 billion over five years starting from 2026 to 2030 for developing an all-encompassing ecosystem for artificial intelligence in India. The initiative was initially announced in October 2025 and will involve the construction of three data center campuses, which will be built by AdaniConneX and Nxtra by Airtel.
The project also includes the America-India Connect initiative, an expanded fibre-optic network, and a long-term clean energy strategy that prioritises new clean energy supply to the grid. Google has linked the plan to India’s national goal of reaching 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030.
For Visakhapatnam, the announcement is more than a data centre story. The AI hub is expected to support high-performance, low-latency digital services for businesses, research organisations and AI-led platforms. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said the project would strengthen the state’s tech corridor, create high-value opportunities for youth, and bring local startups, enterprises and talent into the growth story.
Google has also announced a set of community programmes around the project. These include watershed management, clean drinking water systems, support for fishing communities through GPS and weather-forecasting tools, grants for schools and social enterprises, women-led enterprise support for more than 10,000 existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, and workforce training programmes for over 1,000 local workers.
The company is also partnering with ICT Academy to train more than 1,200 local students and educators in cloud computing and generative AI.
Alongside the ceremony, the Bharat AI Shakti Conclave was held in partnership with the Andhra Pradesh government and Nara Lokesh.
The conclave focused on building India’s AI corridor by bringing together suppliers, infrastructure players and industry partners. The larger idea is to turn Google’s investment into a broader economic value chain for the region, including opportunities for local SMEs through procurement and capacity building.
With this groundbreaking, Visakhapatnam has entered India’s fast-evolving AI infrastructure map. The scale of the investment, the partnership with Indian infrastructure players, the clean energy component and the community-linked programmes together make the project one of the most closely watched technology infrastructure developments in the country.
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