Google will invest a staggering $15 billion to build data center capacity for a new AI hub in southern India, marking the company’s largest AI investment outside of the United States.

CNBC reports that Google has announced plans to invest $15 billion in a new AI data center hub in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The investment, which will be rolled out over the next five years, represents Google’s largest AI investment outside of the United States.

The announcement was made by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian at an event on Tuesday. The deal comes after a year of intense discussions and relentless effort, according to Nara Lokesh, the Minister for Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh. Lokesh, who had previously put the 1-gigawatt project at $10 billion, hailed the i

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