India, Oct. 14 -- Alphabet Inc.'s Google aims to invest about $15 billion to build an AI hub in India, its largest outside the US, making its biggest bet on a country with a billion-strong internet population.

The hub-which includes gigawatt-scale AI data centre powered by renewable energy and undersea fibre-optic network-will come up in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, over the next five years. Against that backdrop, here are 10 key takeaways from Google's AI bet on India.

1. Massive $15 billion investment: Google will invest about $15 billion over five years (2026-2030) to set up its first AI hub in India, located in Vizag. This is the company's largest investment in India to date.

2. Full AI stack deployment: The hub will integrate AI...