Policy · Updated 14 Oct, 04:27 pm IST
Centre preparing national data centre policy amid power concerns
Why it matters for readers: This matters because it could influence whether large tech companies can expand data centres without raising local power bills.
- The Centre is preparing a policy for data centres, announced MoS for IT Jitin Prasada at a power-sector conclave.1
- Prasada did not disclose the policy’s scope or rollout timeline.1
- The government wants to avoid data centres diverting power from consumers and pushing up electricity bills.1
- The announcement follows protests against Amazon’s and Google’s local projects over electricity, water, land and noise concerns.1
- Prasada said India is fertile ground for hyperscaler data centres and the government is working to ease setup processes.1
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