By Reed Albergotti
Publication Date: 2025-12-10 21:15:00
With the rapid buildout of infrastructure taking center stage in the tight AI race between tech giants, Google is tapping one of its veteran leaders for a new role overseeing the complex strategy, according to an internal memo reviewed by Semafor.
Amin Vahdat, who joined Google from academia roughly 15 years ago, will be named chief technologist for AI infrastructure, according to the memo, and become one of 15 to 20 people reporting directly to CEO Sundar Pichai.
Google estimates it will have spent more than $90 billion on capital expenditures by the end of 2025, most of it going into the part of the company Vahdat will now oversee.
“This change establishes AI Infrastructure as a key focus area for the company,” wrote Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in the Wednesday memo congratulating Vahdat.
Google has been on a roll lately, with high praise for its latest Gemini 3 AI model that has spooked even OpenAI, whose CEO recently declared Google’s ascendance as an emergency for the…
