New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- India's sprint to reach global AI hub status just got a $15-billion booster shot, with Google unveiling plans on Tuesday to build massive data centres and AI computing infrastructure in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The Mountain View, California-based tech giant's largest investment in India pushes Big Tech's 'announced' AI infrastructure bets in the country to $25 billion this year, with another $6.5 billion likely but unconfirmed. The push by the American majors comes in the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's urging to tech giants to pump in more dollars at home.

In a press statement, Google said its planned facility "will include a purpose-built data center campus, adding gigawatt-scale compute capacity to...