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Google commits $15 billion to AI development in India
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: At India AI Impact Summit, Google has announced that it will connect India with the US through new subsea cables as part of a 15 billion dollar investment spread over five years. In a statement, the company informed that through their collaborative infrastructure initiative named America-India Connect, a new international subsea gateway will be established in Vizag. It added that three new subsea paths connecting India to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia, and four strategic fibre-optic routes will also be established.
Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, said that the initiative delivers new subsea cable routes to increase AI connectivity between India, the United States of America and multiple locations across the southern hemisphere. On the occasion, he also expressed hope that we believe India is going to have an extraordinary trajectory with AI. He further added that Google is partnering with AIIMS in India to explore how patients can input their symptoms or provide information, and the AI can create a report to help assist doctors.
In addition to sea cables, the company also plans to build the physical and digital systems required to support AI services at scale, including data infrastructure and cloud capacity as part of the $15 billion investment deal.
As part of the investment, Google will expand data centre capacity and cloud infrastructure to support AI model training, deployment and storage. According to the company, the investment is meant to build long-term foundational infrastructure rather than serve as a short-term product rollout, supporting AI adoption across both the public and private sectors.
The company has also announced additional programmes tied to AI adoption and public sector capacity. These include a $30 million Global AI for Government Innovation Impact Challenge and a $30 million AI for Science Impact Challenge to support the use of AI in public services and scientific research.
Google DeepMind is also establishing partnerships with Indian government bodies and local institutions to provide access to AI for Science models and support national research priorities. In collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, the company is setting up a Google Center for Climate Technology focused on AI-powered climate research.
On the skilling front, Google Cloud is working with Karmayogi Bharat to provide infrastructure for the iGOT Karmayogi platform, which supports more than 20 million public servants across 800 districts. This partnership includes digitising legacy training material into searchable resources and enabling content in more than 18 Indian languages.
