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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to conscionable Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (October 13) to personally invitation him to 2 cardinal upcoming State events — the ‘Super GST - Super Savings’ programme successful Kurnool and the CII Partnership Summit 2025 successful Visakhapatnam connected November 14-15. The Kurnool lawsuit volition item associated Centre–State initiatives for fiscal ratio nether next-generation GST reforms, portion the CII Summit volition showcase Andhra Pradesh’s increasing imaginable for planetary concern and innovation.
On October 14, the Chief Minister volition enactment successful a memorandum of knowing (MoU) signing ceremonial betwixt the authorities of Andhra Pradesh and Google astatine Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi. The statement involves the constitution of Asia’s archetypal 1-gigawatt hyperscale information centre field successful Visakhapatnam, representing an concern of astir USD 10 cardinal (₹84,000 crore).
The task volition service arsenic the cornerstone of the ambitious “AI City Vizag” initiative, combining cutting-edge AI infrastructure, information capacity, renewable vigor integration, and planetary fiber-optic connectivity. The installation volition nexus straight with Google’s planetary web done resilient subsea and terrestrial systems, positioning Visakhapatnam arsenic a cardinal node successful India’s integer future.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw volition be the signing ceremony, on with Google’s apical planetary executives, including Thomas Kurian (CEO, Google Cloud), Bikash Koley (vice-president, Global Infrastructure), and Karan Bajwa (president, Asia Pacific Google Cloud).
Speaking up of the event, Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh described the task arsenic “a transformative measurement for the aboriginal of Andhra Pradesh and a defining infinitesimal successful India’s AI-driven growth.”
According to State estimates, the Vizag information centre task is expected to lend an mean of ₹10,518 crore annually to Andhra Pradesh’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) betwixt 2028 and 2032, portion supporting astir 1.88 lakh nonstop and indirect jobs each year. The inaugural volition besides make productivity spillovers valued astatine ₹47,720 crore implicit 5 years, driven by Google Cloud’s ecosystem.
The task has been approved by the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) chaired by the Chief Minister and volition beryllium facilitated done single-window clearances, renewable vigor integration, and plug-and-play infrastructure managed by the Economic Development Board and the Department of ITE&C.
