Indian leaders want nation to power the AI age, but some residents are pushing back

Public resistance to data centres in India is growing as the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft pour billions of dollars into facilities that advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambition to host “the whole world’s data”. One area of conflict is a community in Andhra Pradesh earmarked for Google’s largest centre outside the US. Local people say the facilities will sap power and water, despite promises the centre will use waterless cooling.