At the AI Impact Summit 2026 held in India, Google detailed its strategy to bring artificial intelligence from laboratories to sectors such as infrastructure, government, and climate. Sundar Pichai, its CEO, compared AI development to an electrical grid, emphasizing the need for scalable projects with clear rules. India positions itself as a key partner in this global initiative.
Fiber Optics and Digital Foundations for Collaboration ??
A central technical announcement was the deployment of new fiber optic routes between the United States and India. This infrastructure aims to reduce latency and increase bandwidth, a requirement for high-demand cloud services and quasi-real-time scientific collaboration. Investment in physical connectivity is the foundation for sharing large volumes of data that feed AI models applied to agriculture or energy.
We Can Already Grow Tomatoes with AI, But No Fiber in the Village ??
It's commendable that AI will optimize crop irrigation thousands of kilometers away. The irony lies in the fact that, while laying the latest generation submarine cables, one is still waiting for the on-duty technician to fix the ADSL connection in their neighborhood. Perhaps the next predictive model should calculate when real fiber optic deployment will reach more than 50% of the planet.