Google runs search, advertising, cloud, Android and YouTube operations in India along with large engineering teams working on global products. India is also the site of the company's largest planned AI infrastructure investment outside the United States.
Ownership and structure
Google operates in India through its Indian subsidiary Google India Private Limited. It also holds minority stakes in Jio Platforms and Bharti Airtel.
What India does for Google
India is a major user market and engineering base for Google, with offices in five cities, and a destination for large digital infrastructure and telecom investments.
Investment and deals
In October 2025 Google announced a US$15 billion investment over five years in a one gigawatt AI hub and data centre campus in Visakhapatnam, building on the US$10 billion Google for India Digitization Fund announced in July 2020.
Google's India business
Alphabet employed about 14,000 people in India in early 2026. Its Ananta campus in Bengaluru opened in February 2025 with about 1.6 million square feet and room for 5,000 employees.
In October 2025 Google announced a 15 billion dollar AI hub in Visakhapatnam, its largest investment outside the United States. The Visakhapatnam project is planned as a one gigawatt hyperscale data centre campus built over five years.
Key moves in India
- 2004: Google was running an R&D centre in Bengaluru and an engineering centre in Hyderabad focused on software testing.
- 2020: Google launched a US$10 billion India Digitization Fund and agreed to take a 7.73 percent stake in Jio Platforms for US$4.5 billion.
- 2022: Google committed US$1 billion to Bharti Airtel, including US$700 million for about 1.28 percent of the company.
- 2025: Google opened its Ananta campus in Bengaluru in February with about 1.6 million square feet and seating for 5,000 employees.
- 2025: Google announced a US$15 billion AI hub in Visakhapatnam in October, its largest AI hub outside the United States.
Where it operates
Google runs its India business from Bengaluru. It also has a presence in Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.
At a glance
- Home country: United States
- Global headquarters: Mountain View
- Sector: Technology & AI
- Business: Internet
- Role of India: Sales market, R&D and engineering hub, Investment portfolio
- India entity: Google India Private Limited
- India head office: Bengaluru
- India offices: Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune
- India headcount: 14,000+ (2026)
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