Pranav Hotkar
Visakhapatnam, India, November 26, 2025- Digital Connexion, the joint venture backed by Brookfield, Reliance, and Digital Realty, has announced plans to invest approximately USD 11 billion by 2030 to build one of India’s largest AI-native data center campuses in Visakhapatnam, India.
The proposed development, spread across roughly 400 acres, is designed to deliver 1 gigawatt of IT load, placing Andhra Pradesh at the centre of the country’s expanding high-density AI infrastructure map.
The announcement follows the company’s agreement with state authorities, who have positioned Visakhapatnam as a priority destination for hyperscale and AI-focused digital infrastructure.
The investment marks one of the most significant capital commitments the region has seen in the sector, signalling a notable shift toward gigawatt-scale campuses that are engineered from the ground up for accelerated computing.
Digital Connexion said the project will be developed in phases through 2030, with each stage designed to support increasingly dense AI workloads as demand escalates. The company noted that future customers, ranging from hyperscalers to large enterprises, are now seeking facilities that can accommodate racks drawing tens of kilowatts, alongside low-latency network fabrics and advanced cooling systems suited for large GPU clusters.
The Visakhapatnam campus is expected to be tailored specifically for these requirements, moving beyond traditional colocation models and into purpose-built AI operations.
Government officials welcomed the announcement, calling it a milestone in the state’s broader industrial strategy. The Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board stated that the investment complements ongoing efforts to attract cloud, semiconductor, and AI-software players, and aligns with India’s national push to expand digital infrastructure capacity at scale. The campus is also expected to generate thousands of direct and indirect jobs over the decade, reinforcing the state’s ambitions to become a technology hub for South Asia.
Industry observers view the project as part of a larger pivot toward AI-optimised infrastructure across the country. With global cloud providers accelerating GPU deployments, and domestic demand rising for AI training and inference, India has seen a wave of announcements, from hyperscale builds to energy-integrated campuses, aimed at bridging the capacity gap. Digital Connexion’s planned 1 GW facility places Andhra Pradesh among the few regions globally pursuing data center investments of this magnitude.
If completed on schedule, the campus would become one of India’s most significant AI-infrastructure assets, signalling a decisive move toward next-generation digital capacity shaped around accelerated computing rather than legacy workloads.
