Google invests $ 6 billion to build a 1 Gigawatt (GW) data center (GW) and a visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh support infrastructure.
The project includes $ 2 billion in renewable energy capacity to feed the center, making it the largest data installation in Asia in terms of investment and capacity.
This marks the first investment of the alphabet data center in India, a decision aligned with its wider regional expansion strategy which extends over Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
This investment is part of Google’s broader commitment to spending around $ 75 billion in 2025 for the world’s infrastructure in the world’s economic uncertainties and the US government’s tariff policies under President Donald Trump.
Andhra Pradesh is positioned at the center of this transformation, aimed at developing 6 GW of data centers in the next five years from a base close to zero.
Andhra Pradesh targets 6 GW of data centers by 2030
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After the 2014 andHra Pradesh 2014 bifurcation and the loss of Hyderabad at the newly trained Telangana, the State accelerated efforts to attract large -scale investments to compensate for income loss and comply with its financial obligations.
Government’s push into data infrastructure is part of this strategy.
According to Andhra Pradesh, the IT minister Nara Lokesh, the State has already finalized agreements for 1.6 GW of data center capacity.
These projects should become operational over the next 24 months, exceeding 1.4 GW currently active throughout India, as reported by the real estate firm Anarch.
The installation of Google will be a central element of this early pipeline, and the state provides for a major increase in the energy demand for these projects – up to 10 GW in the next five years.
$ 2 billion in green power to meet the demand for the data center
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To feed these new installations, Andhra Pradesh also quickly increases its energy infrastructure. Of the 10 GW required, a large part will come from green energy sources.
The government of the State claims that this renewable objective is a key differentiation of its investment call.
Although sustainability is a priority, all the power will not be clean.
Given the energy intensity and the need for constant availability in the operations of the data center, the power -based power will always play a role in guaranteeing a coherent offer.
Google’s plan, which includes a renewable component of $ 2 billion, strengthens this hybrid approach.
Its Visakhapatnam center will be both a technological and environmental reference for the data economy of India.
Visakhapatnam to host cable landing stations for global connectivity
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To complete investments in the data center, Andhra Pradesh is developing a critical connectivity infrastructure.
Lokesh has revealed plans for three new cable landing stations with Visakhapatnam visakhapatnam to allow robust underwater connectivity – essential for heavy data operations and the international bandwidth.
The objective is to build a wired network twice the scale of what is currently available in Mumbai, the main Internet gateway in India.
These landing stations will facilitate faster and more reliable access to global internet infrastructure, making Visakhapatnam a emerging center in the Digital Landscape of Asia.
Sitif among other companies that envisage the region
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While the entry of $ 6 billion from Google dominates the titles, Andhra Pradesh also aroused the interest of other technological companies. Sify Technologies has already announced plans for a 550 megawatts data center in the state.
Lokesh has suggested that new investments to be made public by October, indicating an increasing pipeline of digital infrastructure projects.
Together, these developments suggest that Andhra Pradesh quickly becomes a cornerstone of the technological economy of India, supported by international actors, green energy projects supported by the State and strategic connectivity projects.
