{"id":19951,"date":"2026-04-28T11:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/19951\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:50:09","slug":"india-eyes-global-supply-chain-pivot-as-15-billion-google-ai-hub-breaks-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/19951\/","title":{"rendered":"India eyes global supply chain pivot as $15 billion Google AI hub breaks ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/47529300.jpg\" alt=\"India eyes global supply chain pivot as $15 billion Google AI hub breaks ground\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> New Delhi\/Visakhapatnam: India is poised to emerge as a \u201ctrusted value chain and supply chain partner\u201d for the world in electronics manufacturing, Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday at the groundbreaking ceremony of a $15 billion Google Cloud India AI Hub in Visakhapatnam.The project, being developed in partnership with Google Cloud, Adani ConneX and Airtel Nxtra, will include a 1 GW hyperscale AI data centre. The Andhra Pradesh government has allocated around 600 acres across Turluvada, Rambilli and Adavivaram for the project.In the presence of Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and industry leaders, Vaishnaw said India\u2019s rise in electronics manufacturing is being driven by strong policy support and a push towards self-reliance in critical technologies.\u201cIndia has already established itself as a leader in IT services and is now rapidly advancing in electronics manufacturing,\u201d he said, adding that the country is on track to become a global hub in sectors such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, quantum and space technologies.Highlighting progress, the minister said mobile phones have become one of India\u2019s top export items, with nearly 50% of domestic electronic demand now being met through local production. He added that under the government\u2019s semiconductor mission, commercial production has already begun, signalling a shift towards deeper manufacturing capabilities.Calling on global technology firms to deepen their presence, Vaishnaw urged companies, including Google, to manufacture servers, GPUs and semiconductor components within India, positioning the country as a trusted partner in global supply chains.On the Visakhapatnam project, the minister said the city is set to evolve into \u201cAI Patnam\u201d, emerging as a major hub in India\u2019s AI and data ecosystem. The hyperscale data centre, he said, will drive innovation across sectors including education, healthcare, logistics, aerospace and agriculture.He also pointed to Google\u2019s subsea cable investments from Visakhapatnam, linking India to global digital routes across Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the United States, strengthening the country\u2019s digital connectivity backbone.Google Cloud global infrastructure vice president Bikash Koley said the AI Hub would serve as a key foundation for India\u2019s digital transformation and its ambition of becoming a developed economy by 2047.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/adani-group\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adani Group<\/a> chairman Jeet Adani said the 1 GW hyperscale facility marks a significant milestone in India\u2019s AI journey and will position Visakhapatnam as a new digital gateway for the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi\/Visakhapatnam: India is poised to emerge as a \u201ctrusted value chain and supply chain partner\u201d for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14135,24,14134,132,1429,14132,2194,14133,2011,14136],"class_list":{"0":"post-19951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-google","8":"tag-adani-group","9":"tag-ai","10":"tag-global-supply-chain","11":"tag-google","12":"tag-google-ai","13":"tag-google-ai-hub","14":"tag-google-cloud","15":"tag-india-electronics-manufacturing","16":"tag-semiconductors","17":"tag-visakhapatnam-ai"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}