New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's address at the Impact AI Summit drew the loudest applause as he announced a major investment in the southern port city of Visakhapatnam, known as Vizag, that would anchor a "full-stack AI hub" as part of Google's $15 billion infrastructure investment in India.
"I remember it being a quiet and modest coastal city brimming with potential," Pichai said of Vizag. "Now, Google is establishing a full-stack AI hub there as part of our USD 15 billion infrastructure investment in India. When finished, this hub will house gigawatt-scale compute and a new international subsea cable gateway, bringing jobs and cutting-edge AI to people and businesses across India. Sitting on the train, I nev...