Global tech giant Google is making headlines with its first-ever massive investment outside the U.S.; a ₹87,000 crore AI data center in Visakhapatnam . The MoU was recently signed in Delhi.

The ruling coalition government in Andhra Pradesh has been touting the project as a game-changer, claiming it will transform the state’s economy and bring 1.87 lakh direct and indirect jobs.

However, former minister Gudivada Amarnath has thrown a challenge.

“It would be better if these claims came from Google itself,” he said, adding that an official statement from the company would bring credibility.

He pointed out that during the cabinet meeting and SIPB presentation, the actual employment estimate was just 200 jobs, a figure also reported in TDP-friendly newspapers at the time.

“Now, the

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