# Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone of the Google Cloud India AI Hub in Visakhapatnam.

*genai · news · 2026-04-28 · The Tribune*

## Key points

- Google's $15 billion investment in the Vizag AI Hub is among India's largest FDI projects.
- The AI data centre will have a 1 Gigawatt capacity across nearly 600 acres in Visakhapatnam.
- Upcoming subsea cable connectivity will give Visakhapatnam direct digital links to several countries.
- The state's long-term vision is to create a 6.5 Gigawatt multi-gigawatt digital hub across Andhra Pradesh.
- Thousands of jobs in AI, cloud, and allied sectors are expected from this infrastructure project.

**Companies:** Google, AdaniConneX, Airtel
**Countries:** India

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