Massive Investments Planned in Andhra for AI Hub
Major companies, including Google, Reliance, Adani, and Tillman Global are going to invest in Andhra to build data centres. These investments are going to be concentrated near Visakhapatnam region. These data centres will be equipped to handle Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads.
Google’s Major Investment of USD 15 Billion in Vizag
Google has announced a USD 15 billion (Rs.1.33 lakh crore) investment to develop a GW-scale AI Hub in Vizag over the next 5 years. This marks the company’s largest investment yet in India. The investment will include construction of data center campuses in partnership with AdaniConneX.
The data center campus will integrate Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) systems. TPUs are basically application-specific Integrated Circuits (ICs) developed by Google. These are used for training and inference of AI models. GPU helps in parallel processing and high-performance computing tasks, including AI, simulations, graphics etc. TPUs and GPUs will provide higher efficiency and low latency in AI inference, and also computing capacity for deep learning and neural network training.
This investment also includes development of a new subsea Cable Landing Station(CLS) in Visakhapatnam, which will be executed in partnership with Airtel.
Google’s investment will result in creation of 5,000-6,000 direct jobs and 20,000-30,000 total Jobs. Google will use Renewable Energy to power its AI hub in Andhra. This will lead to the development of Renewable Energy projects in Andhra Pradesh.
Major Companies to Invest & Boost AI Development in Andhra Pradesh
Digital Connexion to Build 1 GW of AI-Native Data Centres in Andhra
Digital Connexion, a joint venture of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, is going to build 1 GW of data centres with a USD 11 billion (Rs. 98,000 crore) investment in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. These data centres will span over 400 acres in Vizag. These data centres will be capable of supporting AI workloads. Moreover, Digital Connexion’s data centres will be supported by redundant power feeds, and will have high density server racks.
Anant Raj Signs Rs. 4500 Cr. MoU for Data Centre Expansion
Anant Raj Ltd., a realty firm, will be investing Rs. 4,500 crore in Andhra Pradesh through its subsidiary Anant Raj Cloud Pvt. Ltd. (ARCPL). To this effect, ARCPL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra Government to develop data centre and cloud services infrastructure in the state. This project will add to their total existing data centre capacity of 300 MW, which is under construction across different locations in India. Anant Raj’s investment is expected to generate 8,500 direct Jobs and 7,500 indirect jobs.
Tillman Global Holdings to Develop 300 MW Scale Data Centre
Tillman Global Holdings LLC a New York based company recently signed a MoU with Andhra Government to develop a 300 MW data centre in Visakhapatnam. Tillman Global has proposed an investment of Rs. 15,000 crore for this project, which has been designated as TDGAP1 (Tillman Digital Gateway Andhra Pradesh 1).
Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) will set the facilitation framework for the time-bound development of the project over next 12 months. This project will developed over approx 40 acres of land and generate over 200-300 direct jobs and 800-1000 indirect jobs by 2028.
Andhra Eyes 6 GW Data Centre Capacity by 2030
Andhra government has set a target of having 6 GW of data centres in the state by 2030. To realise this goal, it recently established Data Centre Advisory Council in October 2025. This council is tasked with guiding the state to achieve its 2030 data centre capacity goal. The council, apart from the development of data centres, will also facilitate the establishment of Renewable Energy (RE) plants, and deployment of requisite Optical Fibre network to support them. The council will also streamline the process of obtaining clearances for these data centre projects.
