Govt. approves 601.40 acres of land for Google data centre in Vizag

The State government has approved the allotment of 601.40 acres of land to Adani Infra (India) Limited, a notified partner of Raiden Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Google), for the establishment of a hyperscale AI-data centre at three locations in Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli districts against the previous allotment of 480 acres, as per G.O. MS No.2, issued by N. Yuvaraj, Secretary (FAC) of the Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department.

It was stated in the G.O. that the land was being given at Tarluvada (266.60 acres), Adavivaram & Mudasarlova (160 acres) and Rambilli (174.80 acres) in modification of an earlier G.O., and the Chief Secretary would chair the Executive Steering Committee in place of the Secretary of the ITE&C Department.

Initially, the government had cleared the allotment of 480 acres (160 acres at Rambilli, 120 acres at Adavivaram and Mudasarlova, and 200 acres at Tarluvada) at a 25% discount and approved a tailor-made incentives for establishing the data centre of about 1,000 MW capacity with a proposed investment of about nearly ₹87,520 crore.

Subsequently, Raiden Infotech India Pvt. Ltd. had sent a request for revised land requirement (322 acres at Tarluvada, 160 acres at Mudasarlova and 174.80 acres at Rambilli) and wanted that all the three allotments be made to Adani Infra (India) Limited (AIIL), subject to survey and handover of possession of the land to the APIIC.

Through a letter the previous month, the AIIL had submitted DPRs for three locations (Tarluvada – 266.60 acres, Adavivaram & Mudasarlova – 160 acres, and Rambilli – 174.80 acres totalling 601.4 acres).

The ITE&C Department placed all the developments, including the request for additional lands and a revision of incentives and deemed distribution licences and other concessions before the Council of Ministers. Accordingly, the above approval had been given.