New Delhi: Google and the World Bank Group are working together to build AI-powered public digital infrastructure for emerging nations. The goal is to improve important areas like agriculture, healthcare, and skills development.
A free trial in Uttar Pradesh showed how useful the project may be by helping thousands of smallholder farmers make more money with AI-driven insights.
Governments may use Google Cloud’s AI technologies, such the Gemini models, along with the World Bank Group’s development knowledge to build digital networks that function together and make public services more efficient and resilient.
Digital Glue for Strong Systems
Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank Group, said that digital technologies are the “glue” that keeps resilience together.
Banga remarked, “Heat-tolerant seeds, soil-matched fertilizers, rejuvenation techniques, efficient irrigation, and strong insurance and financing are all important so that a bad season doesn’t turn into a bad year or a bad life.”
Farmers may utilize AI-powered technologies to figure out what’s wrong with their crops from a single photo, get the most out of their fertilizers, predict weather events, and safely handle payments, which builds up digital credit records.
“I saw all of this come together in Uttar Pradesh: the cooperatives, the strength, and most importantly, the digital system.” Banga said, “Proof of concept is that it works, and now we need to scale it.”
AI Services That Are Open to Everyone and Speak Many Languages
People can use these services in more than 40 languages, even on simple equipment. This makes the platform open to everyone and able to grow in other areas.
Google.org is helping the nonprofit Networks for Humanity (NFH) set up universal digital infrastructure, regional innovation labs, and trial social-impact apps all around the world.
AI Hub in India worth $15 billion
Google said it would spend $15 billion over five years to construct an AI hub in India. The facility will have:
The biggest Google data center outside of the US is in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Campus for a 1-gigawatt data center
New big energy sources
Larger fiber-optic network
The center would be the main place for AI development and will provide services for agriculture, healthcare, education, and other public sectors in India and other developing countries.