An AI data centre of this capacity might employ somewhere around 1,500 to 2,000 highly skilled professionals, but over a period of time, the project will bring in a number of top companies, especially from the banking, financial, and IT sectors, for whom latency is an important and core factor, said M. Sribharat | Photo Credit: ANI The city of Visakhapatnam is gearing up for the high-profile groundbreaking ceremony of the hyperscale 1 GW AI data centre being set up by global tech giant Google on April 28. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will lay the foundation stone for it at Tarluvada village in Anandapuram mandal. Speaking about the project to The Hindu, Member of Parliament from Visakhapatnam, M. Sribharat, was candid in saying that the project may not directly provide employment to a large number of people, but it will certainly change the economic fabric of the city and that of the entire north Andhra region. M. Sribharat on Google’s Visakhapatnam data centre, jobs and water Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat speaks to The Hindu on Google’s 1 GW AI data centre and what it means for north Andhra. | Video Credit: The Hindu Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat speaks to The Hindu on Google’s 1 GW AI data centre and what it means for north Andhra Published – April 24, 2026 07:24 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Saros: A polished, intense, repetitive bullet hell Ladakh L-G Saxena approves creation of 5 new districts