Marking one of its biggest ever investment in the country. Google will invest $15 billion over the next five years to set up data centre capacity for an artificial intelligence hub in India’s Andhra Pradesh. The investment is one of Google’s largest AI hub investments in the world outside of the U.S.
Union I-T Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw hailed the decision of Google for investing in India, said that digital infrastructure will go a long way in meeting the goals of India AI mission.
Earlier, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said that this investment is not just for Andhra Pradesh but for the country.
The move comes amid intensifying competition among big tech companies, which are spending heavily on building new data centre infrastructure to meet booming demand for AI services. Google alone has committed to spending some $85 billion this year to build out data centre capacity.
AI requires enormous computing power, pushing demand for specialized data centers that enable tech companies to link thousands of chips together in clusters.
Microsoft and Amazon have already poured billions into building data centres in India, a key growth market for the global tech giants where nearly a billion users access the internet.
