Visakhapatnam is set to emerge as one of India’s largest future digital infrastructure hubs, with Digital Connexion a joint venture between Brookfield, Reliance Industries and US-based Digital Realty announcing a USD 11 billion (Rs 98,000 crore) investment to build advanced AI-native data centres in Andhra Pradesh. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, marking a transformative development for the state’s digital economy and positioning it as a high-capacity technological destination.
1GW AI-Native Data Centre Infrastructure Planned Across 400 Acres
The company announced that the investment will be utilised over the next five years, with project completion targeted for 2030. The development includes purpose-built data centres designed to support large-scale artificial intelligence workloads, hyperscaler operations, enterprise cloud systems and low-latency digital services. The facilities will be spread across 400 acres in Visakhapatnam, creating India’s first large-scale integrated AI-ready data infrastructure ecosystem.
Second Global Digital Investment Within Weeks
This investment marks the second major international project committed to Andhra Pradesh, following Google’s USD 15 billion investment announced last month to build a dedicated AI hub including multiple data centres in Visakhapatnam. Together, these large-scale expansions reinforce the region’s potential to become a strategic digital corridor linking India to global data, AI and cloud computing markets.
Purpose-Built Infrastructure to Support Hyperscalers and Next-Generation AI
According to the official statement released by Digital Connexion, the upcoming data centre campus will incorporate advanced systems including redundant power feeds, future-ready substation networks, high rack density environments and low-latency carrier-neutral connectivity. These features will enable uninterrupted high-performance computing workloads essential for artificial intelligence, machine learning and emerging cloud-based applications.
The joint venture already operates a major data centre campus in Chennai and is currently constructing another facility in Mumbai’s Chandivali region. Both are positioned at critical connectivity nodes, supporting national and international cloud traffic.
Strengthening India’s Digital Economy and Infrastructure Competitiveness
The large-scale investment signifies growing global confidence in India’s digital future, supported by an expanding cloud economy, rising AI adoption, and increasing demand for secure real-time data processing. Digital infrastructure in India has seen rapid growth driven by government and private initiatives focused on data localisation, cybersecurity, and AI integration across industries.
Impact on Employment, Industry, and Regional Development
Apart from boosting technological capabilities, the project is expected to generate significant employment opportunities both direct and indirect through construction, engineering, IT operations, and allied service industries. The presence of high-capacity infrastructure is also likely to attract emerging tech startups, enterprise innovation clusters and digital ecosystem partners to Visakhapatnam.
With the USD 11 billion investment from Digital Connexion joining major global commitments such as Google’s $15B AI hub project, Andhra Pradesh stands at the threshold of becoming one of the world’s fastest-growing digital and AI infrastructure destinations. Visakhapatnam’s transformation into a major data centre hub reflects India’s accelerating progress in cloud technology, artificial intelligence ecosystems, and digital economy expansion.
