Mains Paper II · 2 Andhra Pradesh Economy · 2.6 Infrastructure, ports and services

2.6.6 IT, electronics and data centres in AP: policies, Visakhapatnam AI data centre and digital governance

AP's 4.0 policies (2024–29) aim to draw IT firms, global capability centres and up to 1 GW of new data centres. Google's planned US$ 15 billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam is the anchor, and WhatsApp-based "Mana Mitra" is the state's main digital-governance channel.

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Key terms

  • IT and GCC Policy 4.0
  • Data Center Policy 4.0
  • Google AI hub
  • Visakhapatnam
  • AdaniConneX
  • State Data Centre
  • Pi Data Centers
  • RTGS
  • Mana Mitra
  • WhatsApp governance
  • State Data Lake
  • Ratan Tata Innovation Hub
  • Quantum Valley
  • AP Fibernet

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