Vizag’s AI boom and why this is the time to invest in real estate

Visakhapatnam has always had the basics in place. A natural harbour, a strong public sector base, good education, and a steady IT presence. What is happening now is on a different scale.

In the last few months, global names like Google, Meta and Digital Connexion have announced massive data centre and AI infrastructure projects in and around Vizag. These are not routine IT parks. They are gigawatt scale campuses that need thousands of high skill jobs, deep support ecosystems and long term housing.

For anyone looking at real estate, this is the moment to stop treating Vizag as a sleepy coastal city and start seeing it as India’s next serious technology and data capital.

Assure Developers is already active in the Vizag and Vizianagaram growth belt with plotted developments and villas near Bhogapuram and key transport corridors. 
This blog breaks down what is happening, why it matters, and how to position your investment before the curve steepens.

From port city to AI and data powerhouse

Andhra Pradesh has made it clear that it wants Vizag to be a national hub for AI and digital infrastructure. The state has rolled out the Land Incentive for Tech Hubs policy for 2024 to 2029, which gives attractive land and infrastructure support for data centres, tech parks and global capability centres.

At the same time, multiple large projects have converged on Visakhapatnam:

• The city is being projected as an AI and data centre cluster on the east coast, with a target of about six gigawatt data centre capacity by 2030.

• Large private players are signing memorandums of understanding for hyperscale data parks, IT parks and logistics support.

This is exactly how the Bengaluru Outer Ring Road belt and parts of Hyderabad started their cycles. Infrastructure came in first. Corporate campuses followed. Housing, retail, social infra and sharp price growth came after that.

Vizag is now at the first inflection point of that cycle.

What Google, Meta and others are really investing in Vizag

Google’s AI hub in Visakhapatnam

Google has announced a fifteen billion dollar AI hub in Visakhapatnam, its largest AI facility outside the United States.

Key points:

• About one gigawatt of data centre capacity over five years

• New energy infrastructure and a subsea cable landing to support global traffic

• The project is expected to generate five to six thousand direct jobs and twenty to thirty thousand total jobs in Andhra Pradesh, with Vizag as the anchor city.

This is not just another office tower. It is long horizon infrastructure that locks Google into Vizag for decades.

Meta’s 500 MW data centre with Sify

Meta is partnering with Sify Technologies on a five hundred megawatt AI data centre campus near Vizag, with an investment of roughly fifteen thousand two hundred crore rupees. The facility is coming up around Paradesipalem, about twenty five kilometres from the city, along with Meta’s subsea cable landing for its Waterworth project.

This is one of the largest data centre leases of its kind in India and creates a long term base for Meta’s infrastructure in the region.

Digital Connexion and other data centre players

A joint venture between Reliance, Brookfield and Digital Realty, branded as Digital Connexion, has announced about eleven billion dollars of investment for a one gigawatt AI native data centre campus in Visakhapatnam by 2030.

In parallel:

• AdaniConneX is building a three hundred megawatt data centre and technology park in Andhra Pradesh, with Vizag as a key site, powered largely by renewable energy.

• Tillman Global Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding for a three hundred megawatt hyperscale data campus in Visakhapatnam with an investment of around fifteen thousand crore rupees.

• Anant Raj Cloud Private Limited plans a four thousand five hundred crore rupee data centre and IT park project in the city.

Add to this a separate set of IT and electronics investments worth about three thousand eight hundred crore rupees announced by multiple companies for Vizag.

The pattern is clear. Vizag is not chasing one trophy project. It is becoming an entire digital infrastructure corridor.

How this translates into housing demand in Vizag and the Bhogapuram belt

Large data centres and AI hubs trigger a chain reaction in the local economy.

1. Direct jobs
   Google alone expects five to six thousand direct jobs from its AI hub, with total employment impact of up to thirty thousand.
   Meta and Digital Connexion projects have similar multiplier effects.

2. Support ecosystems
   Every large data campus needs security, maintenance, facility management, logistics, cloud service partners, and a long list of vendors. These are mostly city based and they need homes.

3. High skill inflow
   A big portion of these jobs are high salary technology and operations roles. That is the segment that looks for planned gated communities, duplex villas and premium plots rather than unplanned layouts.

4. Long investment horizon
   Data centres do not move easily. Once the fibre, power and cooling infrastructure is laid, the campus is there for decades. That gives housing investors unusual visibility on the demand story.

For real estate, this translates into:

• Rising demand for quality housing in and around the Vizag urban core

• Spillover demand along growth corridors with easy access to the city and the airport

• Compression of vacancy in better gated communities and a firm rental market over time

Why the Vizag – Bhogapuram – Vizianagaram belt is well placed

Assure Developers is positioned in exactly this north growth corridor, with projects in Vizianagaram and near the upcoming Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, while also planning expansion into Visakhapatnam city.

This belt offers a specific set of advantages:

• Access to Vizag’s AI and IT cluster
  Daily commute to the Madhurawada and data centre zone while living in more spacious communities at comparatively lower entry prices.

• Airport proximity
  Assure Sarayu and Assure Avasa are around twenty kilometres from the Bhogapuram international airport site. This supports both end user convenience and long term rental appeal for frequent flyers and NRIs.

• Lower base prices with room to move up
  Vizianagaram still trades at a discount to core Vizag micro markets. As the tech and airport story plays out, the gap is likely to narrow, which is where early investors gain.

• Planned community living instead of speculative layouts
  Assure projects are full gated communities with roads, drainage, underground services and planned amenities. This matters when tenants and buyers compare options in a tightening market.

In simple terms, buyers here can ride two engines at once. Vizag’s tech and AI cycle, and Bhogapuram’s infrastructure and connectivity cycle.

Lessons from other Indian tech corridors

If you look at what happened in parts of Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune, the pattern is consistent:

• First three to five years
  Land is available, prices move gradually. Early investors are usually local buyers and a few NRIs.

• Next five to eight years
  As corporate campuses go live and hiring ramps up, rentals harden and capital values start moving at a faster clip.

• Mature phase
  Good gated communities become difficult to enter. New launches come at much higher rates, and buyers move further out seeking value.

Vizag is now between the first and second phase. The announcements are in place. Construction of AI hubs, data centres and supporting infra will take time, but the direction is clear.

The risk is obvious. If you wait until every tower is operational and every job is visible, you will be buying after most of the upside has already been priced in.

How to choose the right project in this new cycle

With this scale of news flow, a lot of speculative layouts and rushed launches will also appear. A serious buyer or investor should stay disciplined.

Focus on five filters:

1. Location in the growth corridor
   Prefer projects that align with actual employment and infrastructure, not random distant locations. For this thesis, that means Vizag city micro markets, the Madhurawada to Bhogapuram stretch, and Vizianagaram with clean highway access.

2. Developer credibility
   Delivery record, clear titles, RERA compliance and an on ground presence in Andhra Pradesh matter more than glossy brochures. Assure Developers is already known for plotted developments and villas in Vizianagaram with completed projects like Assure Sarayu.

3. Gated community infrastructure
   Look for proper internal roads, drainage, power, water planning and security. Gated layout versus open plot is a recurring theme in your own blog content for a reason.

4. Amenity mix that matches the new buyer profile
   Residents working in technology and data roles expect functional amenities: reliable power backup, good internet, usable clubhouse, green spaces, and safe play areas for children. The project should reflect that.

5. Clear exit options
   Think about who will buy from you or rent from you five to ten years out. Proximity to campuses, airport, schools and hospitals increases the number of possible exits.

If a project fails two or more of these tests, walk away regardless of price.

How Assure Developers can fit into an investor’s strategy

For an end user or investor looking at Vizag and its northern belt, Assure Developers can play three roles:

1. Core home base in a planned community
   For families who want a plotted development or duplex villa in a quieter setting, Assure Sarayu and Assure Avasa in Vizianagaram offer nature rich living with access to Vizag and Bhogapuram.

2. Satellite investment to complement a city flat
   A buyer who already owns or plans to own an apartment in Vizag can use a plot in this belt as a medium term investment that tracks the AI and airport story.

3. NRI bridge to the Vizag growth story
   With a dedicated NRI focus, Assure can help overseas buyers manage site visits, documentation and handover while they track the city’s tech transformation from a distance.

Conclusion: The right time is before the skyline changes

Vizag is not working with potential anymore. It has confirmed commitments from Google, Meta, Digital Connexion and several other data centre players, backed by state policy that aggressively supports tech and AI infrastructure.

As these projects move from announcement to construction and commissioning, the city’s demand profile will change. Better jobs, more migrants, stronger rentals, and a clear preference for planned gated communities.

If you wait to act until every headline is baked into the price, you will be paying for someone else’s early decision.

If you move now, with a clear view of locations and developers, you give yourself a realistic chance to benefit from Vizag’s AI decade.

To explore plotted developments and upcoming communities in the Vizag and Bhogapuram – Vizianagaram corridor, you can connect with the Assure Developers team through the Projects section or schedule a site visit directly from the website.