India’s tech economy gets a $15bn boost from Google.

By Muhammad MubashirPublished On 15 Oct 2025

Google announced on Tuesday that it will invest $15 billion over the next five years to build a data center for artificial intelligence in India. The data center will be located in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

According to Reuters, this will be Google’s largest investment in India to date.

At an event in New Delhi, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Cryan said that the Andhra Pradesh data center will be the company’s “largest AI hub” outside the United States.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a post on X that this center will combine powerful computing, new international maritime connections, and a robust energy system. Through which we will accelerate innovation in artificial intelligence by bringing our technology to the Indian market and consumers.

Great to speak with India PM @narendramodi @OfficialINDIAai to share our plans for the first-ever Google AI hub in Visakhapatnam, a landmark development.

This hub combines gigawatt-scale compute capacity, a new international subsea gateway, and large-scale energy infrastructure.…

Call for boycott by US companies

The plan comes at a time when relations between India and the US are strained due to trade issues and import taxes, and calls for boycotts against US multinationals are gaining momentum.

Reuters, citing its sources, said that the Modi government has held private meetings with senior officials of several US companies in recent weeks and assured them that, despite trade differences, they are committed to making the business environment in India easier.

Google said in its statement that the plan will create economic and social opportunities for both India and the US, but did not elaborate on the import tax.

It is pertinent to note that US President Donald Trump has imposed a 50 percent tariff on Indian exports that are among the highest of any US trading partner.