Stories from Visakhapatnam · India

Google aims to establish Visakhapatnam as an international subsea gateway to support a gigawatt-scale data center campus. The hub is designed to meet high computational demands for AI services including Gemini and Google Search. This project includes the America India Connect Initiative to provide high-capacity, low-latency connectivity for India. The initiative seeks to support India's position in the global AI economy. Google has partnered with India's Adani Connex and Nexra by Airtel to establish an international subsea gateway in Visakhapatnam. The project aims to strengthen India's digital infrastructure and connect the country with the rest of the world through new fibre-optic routes. Completion of the center is expected by 2028. The development occurs amid rapid growth in the global data center market driven by demand for digital storage and AI tools.