Google exploring investments in India across AI infra, manufacturing of servers & drones

Global tech giant Google is exploring investments in India across AI infrastructure and the manufacturing of servers and drones, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday.

"Google is exploring investments in India across AI infrastructure and the manufacturing of servers and drones," Vaishnaw said in a post on X, sharing glimpses of a meeting with company executives.



Vaishnaw's post comes at a time when Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $185 billion addition in total capital expenditure (capex) this year, doubling down on AI infrastructure despite investor anxiety.

Addressing the Google Cloud Next 2026 summit last month, Pichai said more than 50% of the company's machine learning compute resources will be dedicated specifically to its cloud business.

Google bets big on India

Google has announced a $15 billion investment plan in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam to establish what it described as a "gigawatt-scale AI ecosystem".

In April, Google broke ground on its India AI Hub project in Visakhapatnam in partnership with AdaniConneX and Nxtra by Airtel. The company said the project was part of its "largest investment in India's digital future to date."

The AI project includes "India's first gigawatt-scale AI hub comprising three data centre campuses."

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on April 28, Vaishnaw had said, "India is poised to emerge as major trusted value chain and supply chain partner to the world in electronic manufacturing, driven by strong policy support and visionary leadership."

Google's $15 billion project in India will also include a 1 GW hyperscale AI data centre

The Andhra Pradesh government had allocated around 600 acres of land in Turluvada, Rambilli and Adavivaram areas for the project.

At the event, Vaishnaw highlighted India's growing electronics manufacturing capabilities and called on global technology companies to expand local production.

He emphasized that India is becoming a trusted partner in semiconductor and electronics production and called upon global technology companies, including Google, to manufacture their servers, GPUs and chips within the country.

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian had earlier described the Andhra Pradesh project development as "an inflexion point for the country's AI-native future," adding, "Together we are laying the foundation for Viksit Bharat, and opening new doors for economic opportunity nationwide."

Google Cloud Global Infrastructure Vice President Bikash Koley had also said that the AI Hub would "serve as a foundation for Viksit Bharat 2047 and play a critical role in India's digital transformation and global AI economy."