Google’s $15 billion India data centre project battles water, wildlife concerns
Activists and environmental groups say the $15 billion project will strain water supplies and disturb habitat near a sanctuary home to leopards and pangolins.
- Construction of Google's $15 billion data center hub is underway in Visakhapatnam, partnered with billionaire Gautam Adani's group to create up to 188,000 jobs in India's southern state.
- Critics allege the construction threatens the Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary located 860 metres away, while Visakhapatnam receives only 410 million litres of water daily against a 480 million litre requirement.
- Activists from Green Visakha have marched holding banners saying "We cannot drink DATA," while founder Raja Rama Mohan Roy warned that "Development should not be at the cost of livelihood of the people."
- The Andhra Pradesh High Court scheduled a hearing for August 24 to address legal challenges, as Google stated it will implement "advanced air cooling to protect vital local water resources."
- Multiple legal hurdles persist as the Human Rights Forum filed three additional cases, testing how Indian authorities balance rapid technological investment with sustainability of local water and wildlife resources.
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Google’s biggest bet in India is meeting resistance on the ground. Its $15bn data-centre project in Visakhapatnam has run into mounting opposition over water use and the wildlife living beside it. The project is enormous by any measure. Built with Gautam Adani’s group, it is one of the largest data-centre investments anywhere, and the state […] This story continues at The Next Web
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