Andhra Pradesh Cabinet clears 512 MW data centre at Bheemili, Rs 4,000 crore battery materials plant at Naidupeta

A 512 MW artificial intelligence data centre near Visakhapatnam and a Rs 4,000 crore battery materials plant in Tirupati district were among more than 30 proposals the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chaired the meeting at the Secretariat in Velagapudi.

The data centre is to come up at Amanam in Bheemunipatnam mandal of Visakhapatnam district. Ministers also allotted land at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district for a Reliance artificial intelligence data centre and cleared an EPACK data centre unit at Rambilli in Anakapalli district. A cloud hub proposed by the Adani Group was referred to the IT department for examination.

On the factory floor, the Rs 4,000 crore project belongs to Carbon Cosmo Advanced Materials and is planned at Naidupeta. Dixon Technologies gets land in Tirupati, and the Hetero Group 173.82 acres at Nakkapalli. Women entrepreneurs get a 30-acre industrial park at Jayanthipuram in the Jaggayyapeta area of NTR district, and Annamayya district a footwear component park. Land given earlier to Websol and Metro Decorative at Naidupeta was cancelled.

Three policies and a new police wing

Three policy files went through. The AVGC-XR policy for 2026-31 covers animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality. A robotics and physical artificial intelligence policy will run until 2036. The Semiconductor and Display Fab Policy 4.0 was amended.

The police department will get a separate Traffic Management and Road Safety Directorate. Two Yadava posts were sanctioned in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, and the Endowments Department gets a Chief Sthapathi.

Nuclear study, power from waste

In the energy sector, the Cabinet agreed to examine whether a nuclear power plant based on small modular reactor technology is feasible in the state. It cleared a 15 MW waste-to-energy plant in Vijayawada, a 119 MW wind power project at Tadipatri, and compressed biogas plants in districts including NTR and Prakasam. Penukonda’s government ITI was allotted land.

The approvals came two days before the CII Partnership Summit, which Visakhapatnam hosts on 12 and 13 November.