Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is reportedly preparing to invest a staggering $6 billion to set up a 1-gigawatt (GW) data centre in Andhra Pradesh. Sources familiar with the development told Reuters that the data centre is planned for Visakhapatnam, a key port city on India’s east coast. Of the total investment, nearly $2 billion will be dedicated to building renewable energy capacity that will power the facility. This signals Alphabet’s growing focus on sustainable infrastructure as it ramps up its global cloud footprint.

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Alphabet’s First and Biggest in India & Asia

The upcoming project marks Alphabet’s first direct data centre investment in India. Once completed, it will be the company’s largest such facility in Asia, both in terms of financial outlay and operational capacity. This significant development underscores the region’s rising importance in the global tech infrastructure landscape, especially as demand for data and AI capabilities continues to surge.

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State Govt Confirms More to Come

Andhra Pradesh’s IT Minister Nara Lokesh, speaking to Reuters, said that while some data centre deals—such as Sify’s 550 MW facility—have been publicly announced, several others remain under wraps. “In October, we will make those announcements,” Lokesh noted, hinting at further tech investments on the horizon. The minister added that the state has already locked in data centre investments totalling 1.6 GW of installed capacity, with a long-term target of achieving 6 GW over the next five years. He emphasised that most of these facilities will be powered by green energy, aligning with both global and national sustainability goals.