๐ Vizag $50B Data Centre Cheat Sheet!!
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๐ฎ๐ณ India gets:
โ Becomes the world's compute floor
โ Third coast - subsea cable diversity vs Mumbai/Chennai
โ 6 GW target (vs 1.5 GW total India today)
โ Data sovereignty under naval cover
โ 50,000+ direct + indirect jobs
๐ Hyperscalers get:
โ Cheapest GW-scale build in Asia
โ 4 new subsea cables landing in Vizag
โ Captive 6 GWp dedicated solar power
โ 15-yr power subsidy + 10-yr water + stamp duty waived
โ Strategic position vs Singapore / Tokyo / Sydney
๐ฐ The investments:
โ Google: $15B โ 5 GW (600 acres, 3 campuses)
โ Reliance: $17B โ 1.5 GW (935 acres)
โ Adani + Sify + L&T + RMZ + Tillman: ~$7B / 1.8 GW
โ Meta's Waterworth subsea cable: en route
โ AP subsidy outlay: โน2,245 cr (~2.5% of capex)
๐ซ Landmines Vizag inherits:
โ Cyclone exposure (Hudhud devastated the city, 2014)
โ AP grid will strain on 6 GW load
โ Water cooling + Bay of Bengal humidity = engineering nightmare
โ Local jobs may go to Bengaluru/Hyderabad migrants
โ Data layer remains American (sovereignty paradox)
โก The power stack:
โ 6 GW DC load = 6 GW clean power needed
โ Reliance dedicated 6 GWp solar farm
โ Google + NextEra Energy partnership (grid + storage)
โ New 765kV / 400kV transmission corridors
โ Power Grid + Adani Energy + APTRANSCO anchors
๐๏ธ Second-derivative plays:
โ Cement: UltraTech, Shree, ACC
โ Cables/fibre: Sterlite, KEC, Polycab
โ Solar EPC: Tata Power, Suzlon, Waaree
โ Construction: L&T, NCC, KEC
โ Real estate: Anakapalli + Bhogapuram corridor
โณ Timeline:
โ Reliance approval: April 25, 2026
โ Google foundation stone: April 28, 2026
โ First Google campus operational: July 2028
โ Vizag overtakes Mumbai as #1 DC hub: 2030 (predicted)
โ Combined target: 6 GW by 2030
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