After USA, Lokesh meets MNCs in Canada to seek investments in AP

After a successful '#InvestinAP' campaign in the United States and meeting with several corporate honchos including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Vice-President Koley, Andhra Pradesh IT, Electronics and Education Minister Nara Lokesh continued his campaign to bring investors to Andhra Pradesh.

During his meeting with top executives of Google in San Francisco, Lokesh thanked the company for its decision to invest $15 billion in an AI Data Center Hub in Visakhapatnam.

Laer he flew into Toronto for his next leg of meetings." It was great to connect with Goldy Hyder, President & CEO of @BizCouncilofCan, in Toronto today. This is the premier business council for over 170 businesses employing over 2.1 million Canadians. I spoke to Goldy about our strong investment pipeline of over ₹20 lakh crore+ investments in just 18 months. I look forward to inviting Canadian businesses to Andhra Pradesh," he said in a posting on X (formerly Twitter).

.In a series of posts, he said with the tagline "#InvestInAP #ChooseSpeedChooseAP" that "I had a productive meeting with John Radko, Senior VP at OpenText - a global leader in Enterprise Information Management and AI. I invited OpenText to explore investments in Andhra Pradesh across AI, Quantum Computing and next-gen digital technologies. Also proposed joint skill development & internship programs to equip our youth with world-class capabilities. I was happy to note OpenText’s interest in expanding into Tier-2 cities and evaluating AP’s proposals as part of their AI-first strategy."

Lokesh said in a post: "Great meeting with Tim Downing from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in Toronto. With AP emerging as India’s Renewable Energy hub, I invited CPPIB to explore investments in solar, wind & green energy - along with ports, logistics, toll roads & Amaravati urban infrastructure. Prem Watsa is one of the world’s most respected investors - the visionary behind Fairfax with a $30B+ market cap. He has already backed iconic Indian assets like Bengaluru Airport, NSE & Sanmar Chemicals. It was a pleasure to meet After him today in Toronto and discuss investment opportunities in Andhra Pradesh. We look forward to welcoming Fairfax into Andhra Pradesh’s growth story."