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Google announced the $15 billion America-India Connect initiative at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 to significantly strengthen digital and artificial intelligence connectivity between India and the United States. The project includes the establishment of a new international subsea gateway in Vizag, along with three new subsea cable routes connecting India to Singapore, South Africa, and Australia, and four strategic fibre-optic land routes. This large-scale infrastructure investment is designed to increase bandwidth, enhance network redundancy, support AI model training, improve cloud computing capabilities, and promote secure cross-border digital services.