Google revealed on Wednesday it will build new subsea cables linking its upcoming AI hub in Visakhapatnam, India, to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia. This announcement comes as New Delhi hosts a major artificial intelligence summit. The US tech giant committed $15 billion in October to create its largest AI infrastructure hub outside the US, located in the southeastern port city of Vizag. Google said it will create “three subsea paths connecting India to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia.” In addition, it plans to build “four strategic fiber-optic routes” to boost network strength between the US, India, and locations across the Southern Hemisphere. This includes direct cables from Vizag to South Africa and Singapore. Mumbai will also connect to Western Australia via a fiber-optic route. The project, called “America-India Connect,” will establish Vizag as a major international subsea gateway, enhancing network diversity beyond landings in Mumbai and Chennai. Google stated, “For a nation of more than one billion people, this will increase the resilience of India’s digital backbone and improve economic security.” On the same day, Nvidia announced partnerships with three Indian cloud computing firms to supply advanced processors for AI systems. India is now ranked third globally in AI competitiveness by Stanford researchers, ahead of South Korea and Japan. Still, experts say India has a long road to challenge AI leaders like the US and China. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said, “India’s going to have an extraordinary trajectory with AI and we want to be a partner.” He added India is “uniquely positioned at this moment” to lead in AI and highlighted it as a major market for Google’s Gemini AI chatbot.