{"id":543551,"date":"2026-04-29T11:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=543551"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:02:30","slug":"google-breaks-ground-on-ai-megahub-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/google-breaks-ground-on-ai-megahub-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Google breaks ground on AI megahub in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ceremonial start<br \/>\n NEW YORK<br \/>\nTech giant Google on Tuesday marked the ceremonial start of work on its largest artificial intelligence hub outside of the United States with a groundbreaking ceremony in India.<br \/>\nThe firm promised in October 2025 to spend $15 billion over five years to construct the vast centre in Visakhapatnam, a southeastern port in Andhra Pradesh state of around two million people, popularly known as \u201cVizag\u201d. \u201cToday marks the first concrete milestone in Google\u2019s largest commitment to India\u2019s digital future,\u201d Bikash Koley, Google\u2019s Vice President for Global Infrastructure, told the ceremony.<br \/>\n\u201cThis project represents a $15bn blueprint to deliver a full stack AI ecosystem,\u201d he added. \u201cAt its core is our gigawatt scale data centre campus, purpose built for the immense computational demand of the AI era, powering services like Gemini and Google Search.\u201d Nara Lokesh, information technology minister for Andhra Pradesh state, said he was \u201cexcited as we embark on this journey to build India\u2019s most coveted AI and deep-tech hub\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ceremonial start NEW YORK Tech giant Google on Tuesday marked the ceremonial start of work on its largest artificial intelligence hub outside of the United States with a groundbreaking ceremony in India. 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