Google has announced it will invest $15 billion over five years to establish a major AI data centre hub in Andhra Pradesh, India. The 1-gigawatt facility in the port city of Visakhapatnam will represent Google's largest AI infrastructure investment outside the United States.
Google will invest $6 billion to build a 1-gigawatt data centre in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, marking its first such direct investment in India, according to a recent report by Reuters.
Google has recently fired around 450 employees in its Indian offices and around 190 employees in its Singaporean office, states reports from various sources.
Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter (TWTR.N), sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.
Google is to provide high-speed public Wi-Fi in 400 Indian railway stations that carry millions of passengers every day.
