Google Announces Sub-sea Cable Routes To Increase AI Connectivity Between India And The
It’s terrific, it’s great to be back in India for the AI Impact Summit. Whenever I return to India, I’m struck by the extraordinary pace of progress. Since my childhood growing up in Chennai, India has undergone an incredible transformation. We are coming with a very clear message. I believe India is going to have an extraordinary trajectory with AI and we want to be a partner. AI is the biggest platform shift of our lifetimes and one of the most powerful tools to solve problems and improve lives at planetary scale. Whether it’s making diseases more detectable and treatable, communities more resilient, or learning more accessible. For countries like India, AI presents a chance to leapfrog age-old gaps and create new opportunities. These also happen to be the places where we see the greatest adoption and optimism for AI technologies, which I don’t think is a coincidence. Google has been investing in AI for more than a decade because we see it as the most important way to advance our mission. That starts with reimagining the products people use every day. For example, AI is changing the way people use Google Search. AI Overviews is one of the most successful launches in Search in the past decade. And AI mode is now available across 35 new languages and 200 countries and territories. Indian users are among the highest global adopters of voice and visual search. In the coming weeks, you’ll see an enhanced model that powers Search Lite, our real-time voice and camera tool, so more people can search what they see in their own language. AI is also helping to create net-new experiences that are truly helpful. The Gemini app, our personal AI assistant, is growing rapidly across the world and India is among our largest markets. It’s available in 10 languages spoken in India. Underlying this progress is our world-class infrastructure. Last year, we announced a $15 billion AI hub in Vizag. This hub will house gigawatt-scale compute and a new international subsea cable gateway. When finished, it’ll bring jobs and the benefits of cutting-edge AI to people and businesses across India.
India-America Connect Initiative: This project aims to improve AI connectivity between the US, India, and various locations in the Southern Hemisphere by establishing new undersea cable routes.
Skilling Programs: Google is launching ambitious skilling programs, including a new Google AI professional certificate program and partnerships with Wadwani AI to reach students and early-career professionals in India.
Public Sector Adoption: Google is partnering with Karmayogi Bharat to accelerate a future-ready civil service in India. Google Cloud will provide the secure infrastructure for a platform supporting over 20 million public servants across 800 districts and in 18 Indian languages.
Scientific Research: Google is launching a new $30 million Google.org AI for Science Impact Challenge to support researchers globally using AI for scientific breakthroughs.
Partnerships: Google is collaborating with several Indian government bodies and local institutions, like IIT Madras. A new partnership between Google DeepMind and the Indian government will expand access to frontier AI capabilities for national priorities.
Education: Google is partnering with Atal Tinkering Labs to bring GenAI assistants to over 10,000 Indian schools and 11 million students, focusing on robotics and coding.
Overall, the transcript emphasizes Google’s “full-stack commitment to India” and its belief in the transformative power of AI across various sectors