AI Impact Summit: Google Announces Plans to Build Three New Subsea Cables From India, Four Fiber-Optic Routes

Feb 18, 2026 - 16:00
AI Impact Summit: Google Announces Plans to Build Three New Subsea Cables From India, Four Fiber-Optic Routes
Google has announced America-India Connect, a collaborative infrastructure initiative anchored by Google's five-year $15 billion AI infrastructure investment in India. With this, the company aims to establish a new international subsea gateway in Visakhapatnam. It will create three new subsea paths connecting India to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia, and four strategic fibre-optic routes linking the US, India, and multiple locations across the Southern Hemisphere.