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Google’s second-biggest data centre faces a backlash that goes far beyond AI

IOL · 11 October 2026 at 09:32

Google’s second-biggest data centre faces a backlash that goes far beyond AI

Google’s $15bn (R248bn) India data centre promises thousands of jobs, but fears over water shortages, environmental damage and lost farmland are fuelling a growing backlash.

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