Google Breaks Ground on Major AI Hub in Southeast India, Responsible for Massive Computing

(Central News Agency, Bangalore, India, April 28, comprehensive foreign news report) Tech giant Google today broke ground on its plan to build its largest artificial intelligence (AI) hub outside the United States in the southeastern Indian port city of Vizag. Vizag will also serve as a submarine cable landing point connecting to Singapore.

According to an AFP report, Google pledged last October to invest $15 billion (approximately NT$471.8 billion) over the next five years to build this massive AI center in Vizag, officially known as Visakhapatnam, located in Andhra Pradesh.

Bikash Koley, Google's Vice President of Global Infrastructure, stated at the groundbreaking ceremony: "Google's greatest commitment to India's digital future reached its first concrete milestone today."

He further added that this project "represents a $15 billion blueprint to realize a full-stack AI ecosystem"; and the core of the plan is a "GW-scale data center campus, specifically built for the massive computing demands of the AI era, used to power services like Gemini and Google Search."

Koley also pointed out that by establishing Vizag as an international submarine cable gateway, in addition to existing landing points in Mumbai and Chennai, Google will significantly increase risk diversification, "enhance the resilience of India's digital backbone, improve economic security," and further connect India with the rest of the world. (Translated by Chang Cheng-chien) 1150428