{"id":991021,"date":"2026-02-10T09:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=991021"},"modified":"2026-02-10T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T04:23:10","slug":"vizag-poised-for-ai-driven-economic-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/10\/vizag-poised-for-ai-driven-economic-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vizag poised for AI-driven economic transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VISAKHAPATNAM: Visakhapatnam is standing at the edge of an industrial evolution. In recent months, the city has become a focal point for global tech giants, with Google, Sify, and Reliance Industries announcing massive AI data centre projects. <\/p>\n<p>If these plans materialise by 2030, the city is projected to host a staggering 2.5 to 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, a scale that would place it among the world\u2019s elite digital hubs, rivalling major clusters in the United States. While the economic promise is undeniable, a complex dialogue is emerging between those who see a brighter future and those who urge caution regarding the city\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VISAKHAPATNAM: Visakhapatnam is standing at the edge of an industrial evolution. In recent months, the city has become a focal point for global tech giants, with Google, Sify, and Reliance Industries announcing massive AI data centre projects. If these plans materialise by 2030, the city is projected to host a staggering 2.5 to 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, a scale that would place it among the world\u2019s elite digital hubs, rivalling major clusters in the United States. While the economic promise is undeniable, a complex dialogue is emerging between those who see a brighter future and those who urge caution [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}