{"id":7220,"date":"2025-10-14T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:08:33","slug":"google-to-invest-15-billion-in-india-for-ai-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/business\/google-to-invest-15-billion-in-india-for-ai-hub\/7220\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to Invest $15 Billion in India for AI Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Tuesday, 14 October 2025 | Web Desk<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to build a large-scale data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) base in the country\u2019s south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, announced the plan at a ceremony in New Delhi, calling it \u201cthe largest AI hub we are investing in anywhere outside the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurian said the company would make a capital investment of $15 billion over five years to establish a gigawatt-scale AI hub in Visakhapatnam, a city in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. He added that Google plans to eventually expand the centre to multiple gigawatts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India\u2019s Information Technology Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, thanked Google for the investment, saying the new digital infrastructure would \u201cgo a long way in meeting the goals of our India AI vision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister <strong>Chandrababu Naidu<\/strong> described it as a *\u201cvery happy day\u201d for the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Technology Minister Nara Lokesh called the deal a \u201cgame-changing investment\u201d that followed \u201ca year of intense discussions and relentless effort.\u201d Writing on X, he said: \u201cIt is a massive leap for our state\u2019s digital future, innovation, and global standing. This is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Dario Amodei, CEO of US startup Anthropic, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his company plans to open an office in India next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthropic\u2019s move follows a series of announcements by other leading AI firms seeking to tap into India\u2019s growing user base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=373&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnewsmakers.com.pk%2Fvideos%2F817082497388326%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"488\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmakers.com.pk\/en\/business\/no-significant-impact-on-taiwans-chip-sector-from-china-curbs\/7213\/\">No Significant Impact on Taiwan\u2019s Chip Sector From China Curbs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OpenAI recently said it would open an India office later this year, with CEO <strong>Sam Altman<\/strong> noting that ChatGPT usage in the country had <strong>quadrupled<\/strong> over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, AI firm <strong>Perplexity<\/strong> announced a major partnership with Indian telecom giant Airtel, offering the company\u2019s <strong>360 million customers<\/strong> a free one-year Perplexity Pro subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for AI tools and solutions has surged in India \u2014 projected to have over 900 million internet users by year\u2019s end \u2014 driven by rapid adoption among businesses and individuals alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, 14 October 2025 | Web Desk Google will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to build a large-scale data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) base in the country\u2019s south. 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