Resistance to data centres is arising in India too: It's time for policy to address people's concerns
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- Step 1 · The triggerThane residents protest Google's planned hyperscale data centre over noise, heat, and water consumption, blocking or delaying project approval
- Step 2 · Knock-onMeitY faces pressure to draft national siting and environmental standards for data centres, replacing ad-hoc local approvals with uniform rules
- Step 3 · Knock-onWithheld
- Step 4 · Knock-oncloud service pricing and availability in India tighten if capacity expansion stalls, raising input costs for SMEs running on hyperscaler infrastructure
- Step 5 · Reaches youthe Indian SME's cloud/IT cost line rises or becomes less predictable, compressing margin or forcing slower digital adoption
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Source: livemint.com
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