Google broke ground Tuesday on its largest AI infrastructure hub outside the United States, located in Visakhapatnam, a port city in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project, announced in October 2025, carries a $15 billion commitment spread over five years. The facility will be built around a gigawatt-scale data center campus, designed to run compute-heavy workloads for AI products including Gemini and Google Search. The choice of Vizag is strategic beyond the data center itself. Google plans to establish the city as an international submarine cable landing point, adding to India's existing undersea internet gateways in Mumbai and Chennai. New fibre optic routes from Vizag will also link India to Singapore, broadening the country's digital connectivity and reducing single-point risk in its internet infrastructure. Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh welcomed the project as a step toward making Vizag India's leading AI and deep-tech hub. Google VP for Global Infrastructure Bikash Koley described the facility as a full-stack AI ecosystem, covering compute, connectivity, and services. Watch for: how quickly construction progresses, whether other hyperscalers respond with rival India investments, and how the submarine cable designation affects traffic routing across South and Southeast Asia.
Apple has raised MacBook and iPad prices in India by 20% to 42%, citing a sharp surge in memory chip costs driven by AI data centre demand. Micron, the leading memory supplier, reported 86% gross margins, confirming that supply pressures have fundamentally shifted component pricing across the consumer electronics
India's central government will take a 1-2% stake in AI unicorn Sarvam once its $300 million funding round closes, converting compute subsidies provided under the IndiaAI Mission into equity. The move sets a precedent for how the government accounts for public support given to homegrown AI startups.
Apple announced iOS 27 at WWDC 2026, featuring a redesigned Siri as a standalone app with chat history, apps launching up to 30 percent faster, and a refined Liquid Glass interface. A developer preview is live now, with public release expected around September 2026.
Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote unveiled a fully redesigned Siri and confirmed iOS 27 alongside updates for iPadOS, visionOS, watchOS, and macOS. The Siri overhaul is the most strategically significant move, targeting a competitive gap with Google and Microsoft in AI assistants.
