Google's Data Center in Vizag

Data gathered as of August 8, 2025

Google’s planned $6 billion hyperscale data center in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, is both its first major build of this scale in India and the largest such facility in Asia by investment and power capacity, targeting 1 gigawatt (GW) for advanced cloud and AI workloads (Reuters, Economic Times).

• Investment and Power: $6 billion total with $2 billion earmarked for renewable energy infrastructure (Business Standard). The planned 1 GW power is comparable to peak consumption in major cities like Lucknow or Bhopal, and about half of Hyderabad’s peak, emphasizing the massive scale (TechCrunch).

• Strategic Significance: As Google’s first direct hyperscale data center in India, the facility will support advanced AI (including Gemini AI), search, and compliance with evolving data localization regulations. It further strengthens Google Cloud’s regional and sovereign infrastructure.

• Connectivity: The project will leverage Google’s Blue-Raman subsea cable, which is expected to be operational in 2025. This system will land in Mumbai and connect via terrestrial links to Visakhapatnam, dramatically boosting India’s international bandwidth and supporting the data center’s requirements. In parallel, Andhra Pradesh is backing the buildout of new cable landing stations to scale up global access and digital capacity (Business Today).

  • Multiple industry trackers and submarine cable project databases list Blue-Raman’s planned ready-for-service (RFS) date as 2025, providing the international fiber backbone for India's next-generation cloud and AI infrastructure.

• Renewable Energy and Power Model: Achieving 24/7 carbon-free energy at a 1 GW scale will require a hybrid approach—bringing together solar, wind, battery storage, hydrogen fuel cells, and grid or thermal backup to guarantee reliability (Economic Times).

• Campus Size: Some reports mention a campus footprint exceeding 80 acres, but this has not been officially confirmed (Data Center Dynamics).

• U.S. Hyperscale Comparisons: Recent American hyperscale data center projects (e.g., by Microsoft and Amazon) involve $20–$24 billion investments and 4–5 GW of power, much larger, reflecting the different scale and infrastructure in mature tech markets (Fortune).

Policy & Timeline:

• The project’s completion depends on clearances and infrastructure agreements. Early works are underway, with fuller formal disclosure from Google expected in 2025 (Economic Times).

• Andhra Pradesh targets 6 GW of data center capacity within five years, with 1.6 GW already committed (Business Standard).