Project Andhra Kendram
A greenfield site taken to Ready-to-Build in India's fastest-growing data-centre corridor — suited to a hyperscale or AI-native campus, or to a colocation operator serving the demand that follows the hyperscalers in.
- Corridor pipeline
- 6 GW
- Anchor committed
- ~US$15B
- Leasable supply
- Minimal
- Delivery stage
- Greenfield → RTB
State ambition, as reported
Google AI hub, ground broken April 2026
Pipeline is almost entirely self-build
The Vastra scope
The anchor is committed. Leasable capacity is not.
Visakhapatnam's announced pipeline is concentrated in a small number of very large, self-build campuses on multi-year timelines. It anchors the corridor, the subsea gateway and the grid, and it creates a cluster. It does not create leasable capacity for the operators, global capability centres and enterprises that will follow the hyperscalers in.
That is the gap Project Andhra Kendram is positioned to fill — and a site that arrives with bankable power, aggregated land, assured water and cleared approvals converts announced megawatts into live megawatts.
Chosen deliberately, for export-grade, AI-scale fundamentals.
A deep-water coast with new subsea cable landings, giving low-latency, export-grade international connectivity.
Among India's strongest renewable and pumped-storage positions, able to supply firm, low-carbon power at gigawatt scale.
A clear data centre policy and a state actively facilitating large investment, with concessional land, power and water.
Marquee investments are landing now, so the ecosystem, connectivity and supply chain are forming around the corridor.
Seawater and desalination-based cooling suit water-efficient, high-density AI facilities on the coast.
An expanding technology and global-capability-centre workforce, with academia aligning to industry needs.
What a world-class data centre needs.
The site and infrastructure a hyperscale, AI-ready campus requires. We would value the government's guidance on what can be provided in the Visakhapatnam corridor.
| Requirement | Indicative need (per ~100 MW, scalable) |
|---|---|
| Land | Contiguous, buildable, non-agricultural or convertible land, scalable to a multi-hundred-MW campus (indicatively 25 to 100+ acres) |
| Power | Firm, dual-source grid intake (indicatively 130+ MVA per 100 MW) from a nearby 220 / 400 kV substation, with open access and renewable or captive options |
| Water | Assured supply (indicatively ~6 million litres a day per 100 MW), with seawater or desalination options for cooling |
| Connectivity | Proximity to subsea cable landing stations and multiple diverse fibre routes |
| Approvals | Single-window clearance, fast-track mega-project status, and the required NOCs |
| Resilience | Low flood exposure and a stable seismic profile, with climate-resilient siting |
Andhra Pradesh's Data Centre Policy 4.0
Andhra Pradesh's Data Centre Policy 4.0 and its industrial and clean-energy policies offer a strong foundation. To bring this investment to Visakhapatnam, we would value support across the following.
- Land
- Allotment on concessional terms, with land-use conversion where needed, in or near a data centre cluster
- Power
- Allocation and grid connectivity, electricity-duty exemption and tariff support, open access, and a deemed distribution licence for direct procurement
- Water
- Assured allocation, an industrial-water concession, and support for seawater or desalination-based cooling
- Approvals
- Single-window facilitation, fast-track clearances, and infrastructure status
- Fiscal
- The incentives available under AP Data Centre Policy 4.0, including SGST reimbursement and capital subsidy
In return, Andhra Pradesh backs a financed, buildable project delivered by an experienced team — not another idle allocation.
What this delivers for Andhra Pradesh.
A multi-hundred-million to billion-dollar campus, funded by global institutional capital, not a speculative allocation.
Construction and civil trades, data centre operations, high-skill engineering and AI and cloud roles, and allied services.
Export-grade, AI-ready compute that strengthens Visakhapatnam as a national and international data centre hub.
Domestic data-localisation and enterprise demand, and international and AI workloads over the coast's subsea routes.
A catalyst, not just a building.
A single hyperscale campus anchors a wider ecosystem: the clean-energy build-out that powers it, the connectivity that serves it, the global capability centres and enterprises it attracts, and the skilling and academic partnerships that supply its workforce. Delivered by an experienced team with committed capital behind it, it helps position Visakhapatnam among the country's leading data centre destinations.
Our commitment: a real, financed, buildable project in Visakhapatnam, backed by global capital and a proven operator, delivering investment and jobs to Andhra Pradesh.
Publicly reported and company-announced figures, as of mid-2026. Items described as reported are press-reported and not independently confirmed. Public projects referenced are not Vastra counterparties. Figures are indicative and subject to verification.