Google inaugurates first Asia-Pacific safety engineering centre in Hyderabad
Google has launched its first
Google Safety Engineering Centre
(GSEC) India in Hyderabad. This is first such facility of the company in the Asia-Pacific region and fourth globally. Inaugurated on June 17 by Telangana CM Anumula Revanth Reddy, and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu the centre is part of Google's broader mission to advance
AI safety
,
cybersecurity
, and user protection amid India's rapidly evolving
digital landscape
.
GSEC India
is poised to become an operational core where Google's global safety expertise will translate into tangible solutions. It brings together diverse teams focused on privacy and security engineering, alongside advanced cybersecurity capabilities, under one strategic umbrella to address India's unique and evolving digital landscape.
The center will operationalize the three foundational pillars of Google's recently unveiled Safety Charter for India's AI-led Transformation:
Keeping end users safe from online fraud and scams.
Strengthening cybersecurity for government and enterprise infrastructure.
Building AI responsibly.
Beyond India, GSEC India will also serve as a regional hub for developing and deploying safety solutions across the broader Asia-Pacific region.
Preeti Lobana, country manager and vice president, Google India, emphasised the importance of trust in the digital ecosystem. "For India's digital engine to keep growing and powering its ambitious future, we must keep building trust in how users and enterprises access the digital landscape," Lobana stated. She added that the GSEC India launch brings Google's global experience, from cutting-edge AI to foundational cybersecurity, to realize this commitment, calling for ecosystem-wide collaboration.
Google plans to implement advanced technologies such as
Gemini Nano
for scam detection, SynthID to watermark AI-generated content, and enhance real-time threat monitoring across Google Pay, Gmail, and Search. The centre also supports
post-quantum cryptography
research in collaboration with IIT-Madras.
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