India, Oct. 14 -- Bharti Airtel has entered into a strategic partnership with Google to establish India's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The initiative aims to accelerate AI adoption across India, strengthen the country's digital infrastructure, and bring Google's full AI stack and consumer services closer to Indian businesses.

Google's AI hub represents a $15 billion investment over five years (2026-2030) and will include gigawatt-scale data center operations, a robust subsea network, and clean energy to support demanding AI workloads in India. The project will be implemented in collaboration with ecosystem partners including Airtel and AdaniConneX.

As part of the project, Airtel and Google will ...