Google, Adani to invest $15 billion in AI hub at Visakhapatnam

Google has partnered with Adani Enterprises to build a $15 billion (Rs 13,318 crore) artificial intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The facility, Google’s largest outside the US, will include a 1 GW data centre campus, AI infrastructure, new energy sources, and an expanded fibre-optic network.

The project, announced on October 14, 2025, is planned over five years from 2026 to 2030 and aligns with India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. 

The AI hub will provide gigawatt-scale compute capacity to support businesses, research, and development of AI-powered solutions. It will be developed in partnership with AdaniConneX and Airtel, using the same infrastructure that powers Google services like Search, Workspace, and YouTube. The campus will include a new international subsea gateway connecting to Google’s global network of terrestrial and subsea cables.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the hub will bring Google technology to Indian enterprises and accelerate AI adoption nationwide. Google said the facility will be among its most energy-efficient data centres, incorporating local clean energy generation, transmission lines, and storage systems. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu called it a milestone in India’s digital transformation.

Gautam Adani stated that the hub will house TPU and GPU compute resources for deep learning, neural network training, and large-scale AI inference, creating an ecosystem for AI solutions in sectors like healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and finance. AdaniConneX, a 50:50 joint venture between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, will oversee construction of the 1 GW data centre platform with an environmentally conscious design.