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Ashwini Vaishnaw says Vizag will be ‘AI Patnam’, pitches India as ‘trusted supply chain partner’

· Source: storyboard18.com

In short

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw positioned Visakhapatnam as a future AI hub, dubbing it 'AI Patnam', while pitching India as a global trusted value chain and supply chain partner for electronics and AI infrastructure. Speaking at the Google Cloud India AI Hub Groundbreaking Ceremony, he highlighted geopolitical shifts driving supply chain diversification and called on global companies to consider India as a trusted partner, noting Google's planned $15 billion hyperscale AI data centre investment in the city.

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