Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village
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Hyperscale AI buildouts are colliding with land rights and local politics — Google’s reported $15B Andhra Pradesh project shows that community consent is now a real execution risk, not a CSR afterthought. If your AI roadmap assumes cheap, fast data center expansion, you need a parallel track for social license, compensation structures, and contingency sites.
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