India, Oct. 17 -- Google has announced that it will invest USD 15 billion over five years (2026-2030) to build a massive AI hub and data-centre campus in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh - its largest strategic investment in India to date.

The project will include a 1-gigawatt hyperscale data centre cluster initially, with plans to scale to multiple gigawatts over time. This compute capacity, combined with new subsea cable infrastructure and clean energy systems, is intended to support intensive AI workloads for Indian enterprises and users.

Google describes the hub as a "digital backbone" for India, designed to bring AI infrastructure closer to local businesses and users, enable low-latency services, and reduce dependence on faraway data ...