At the AI Impact Summit in India, Google announced a sweeping set of investments in AI infrastructure and research access — anchored by the America-India Connect initiative, a new fiber-optic program tied to its $15 billion AI infrastructure commitment in the country.

New Subsea Routes

America-India Connect will establish a new international subsea gateway in Visakhapatnam (Vizag) on India's east coast — previously underserved by global cable infrastructure. New fiber paths will connect India to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia, creating redundant high-capacity routes between the US, India, and the Southern Hemisphere.

Google says this adds critical diversity from existing India cable landings in Mumbai and Chennai, improving digital resilience for a nation of over 1 billion people.

DeepMind Models for India

Google DeepMind is partnering with the Anusandhan National Research Foundation to open access to frontier AI-for-Science tools. Indian researchers will be able to use AlphaGenome (DNA mutation modeling), AI Co-scientist (multi-agent research collaboration), and Earth AI (environmental monitoring and disaster response).

The initiative also includes a $30 million Google.org AI for Government Innovation Impact Challenge and a separate $30 million AI for Science Impact Challenge — both targeting real-world applications of AI in public services and scientific discovery.

Context

The announcements were made at what Google described as the fourth global AI summit of governments, companies, and civil society. A separate stat cited by the company: 74% of public servants globally say they use AI, but only 18% believe their governments use it effectively — framing the infrastructure and skills push as an attempt to close that gap.