Visakhapatnam | July 2025 — Google is set to invest a massive $6 billion (≈ ₹50 000 crore) in building a 1-gigawatt hyperscale data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, its first large-scale infrastructure project in India and the largest such investment in Asia’s tech infrastructure history. Of the total, $2 billion will go into renewable energy capacity to power the facility sustainably.
Strategic Scale & Renewable Commitment
This facility represents a major milestone for Google Cloud in India, complementing its existing cloud regions in Mumbai and Delhi. It also aligns with Andhra Pradesh’s aim to build 6 GW of data centre capacity over the next five years up from near-zero today. The state has already finalized 1.6 GW in commitments, expected to become operational within 24 months.
To ensure reliability, the campus will be backed by three planned submarine cable landing stations, doubling India’s current coastal cable capacity aimed at reducing latency and boosting global connectivity.
What It Means for India’s Digital Infra
India currently holds only ~3% of global data centre capacity, despite generating 20% of global data making this expansion a critical strategic shift. The domestic data centre market is poised to grow at a 32% CAGR through 2026, as demand for AI, cloud services, and the upcoming sovereign cloud surge.
Having major global players anchor infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh also marks a turning point in India’s data sovereignty strategy an essential move as businesses and governments demand secure, compliant hosting.
Final Take
Google’s bet is more than infrastructure it’s a statement: India is not just using digital services. It is becoming digital infrastructure’s future. For founders in AI, cloud, telecom, and enterprise SaaS, this leap means new regional hubs, stronger back-end ecosystems, and faster UI innovation.
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