REFILE: Alphabet CEO Pichai announces new project for subsea connectivity between India, US

Record ID: 2343949

  • Title: REFILE: Alphabet CEO Pichai announces new project for subsea connectivity between India, US
  • Date: 18th February 2026
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOOGLE AND ALPHABET INC. CEO, SUNDAR PICHAI, SAYING: "Today we are announcing the India-America Connect Initiative, which will deliver new subsea cable routes to increase AI connectivity between the US, India, and multiple locations across the Southern Hemisphere. To take advantage of the opportunities this infrastructure creates, we must also invest
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  • Keywords: AI ALPHABET GOOGLE INDIA SUBSEA CONNECTIVITY US USA
  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • City: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Information Technologies / Computer Sciences,Science
  • Reuters ID: LVA002652318022026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new project to bring subsea connectivity between India and U.S. on Wednesday (February 18).
    Pichai also announced a $30 million Google.Org AI for Science Impact Challenge, which will support researchers globally as the company strives to become the leader in AI.
    Pichai, who is in New Delhi for India's AI Impact Summit, met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day.
    Since the start of last year, Alphabet has gone from laggard to leader among the "Magnificent Seven" megacap companies and is now matched by only Nvidia, and Apple, among companies with market capitalizations of more than $4 trillion.
    (Production: Anita Kobylinska)
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