Google’s vast new data centre in India is proceeding apace, but locals are raising alarms. Google’s project is being built as India rapidly expands its data centre infrastructure. The country had about 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of data centre capacity at the end of 2025, up from 375 megawatts (MW) in 2020. The Government response did not indicate that these technologies are mandatory for AI data centres. Data centres face climate crisisAsk edie...A global study of almost 9,000 data centres found that more than 12% of Indian facilities could face high exposure to climate-related hazards by 2050 under continuing high emissions.