Google’s $15bn India data centre is running into water and wildlife
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A $15B data center in Visakhapatnam facing pushback over water use and wildlife shows that AI-scale infrastructure is now constrained by local ecology and politics, not just land and power. If you depend on hyperscale capacity, start asking vendors about water sourcing, environmental approvals, and community risk — not just region and SLA.
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