Alphabet-owned Google is exploring investments in India spanning artificial intelligence infrastructure and the manufacturing of servers and drones. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw shared the development on social media platform X after meeting company executives.
“Google is exploring investments in India across AI infrastructure and the manufacturing of servers and drones,” Vaishnaw posted on Friday.
The move builds on Google’s recent $15 billion commitment to establish its first AI hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Announced last October, the five-year project (2026-2030) includes a gigawatt-scale data center campus developed with partners AdaniConneX and Airtel’s Nxtra.
The Visakhapatnam facility will add substantial compute capacity to support services like Search, Workspace and YouTube globally. It features a new international subsea cable gateway connecting India to the US, Singapore and Australia, along with renewable energy sources.
Drone ambitions trace back to discussions with Tamil Nadu for production through subsidiary Wing LLC, with potential exports to the US and Australia. Google has also weighed local Pixel smartphone assembly.
Vaishnaw’s remarks signal deepening ties amid a surge in global tech investments in India. At the India AI Summit in February, he projected over $200 billion in AI-related inflows over two years.
Google is exploring investments in India across AI infrastructure and the manufacturing of servers and drones. pic.twitter.com/zYLFZtix0b
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) May 8, 2026
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