Synopsis
So far, Google and its subsidiaries have data centres in 11 countries - the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and Chile, spread across 29 geographic locations. The data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam is expected to be Asia's largest.The groundbreaking for the Google data centre hub of 1 GW capacity will be held in the presence of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and the company's top brass, including Thomas Kurian. The big-ticket project, which will be set up with an investment of $15 billion, making it the largest single foreign direct investment in India, will comprise three data centre campuses near Visakhapatnam - at Adavivaram village (Visakhapatnam district), Tarluvada village (Visakhapatnam district) and Rambilli (Anakapalli district). The land has been handed over to Raiden Infotech India Private Limited, Google's subsidiary, which is implementing the project. According to sources, the formal kick-off will be either at the Tarluvada or Rambilli site. A senior official, who did not wish to be identified, told ET, "The state government has allotted 174.8 acres at Rambilli, 160 acres at Adavivaram and Mudasarlova, and 266.6 acres at Tarluvada."
