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Gradiant Expands India Operations With New Leadership and Five Water Infrastructure Contracts

(L-R) Govind Alagappan, COO, Gradiant; Ravichandran Nachiappan, Director of Global Operations, Gradiant; and Hari Prasad, Managing Director – India, Gradiant, at the inauguration of Gradiant's expanded Global Engineering

7 October 2026 – Water technology company Gradiant is expanding its presence in India with a new country leadership appointment, five new design-build contracts across semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB) and solar manufacturing, and plans to increase its India workforce by more than 40% this year. The company has appointed Hari Prasad as Managing Director, … Read more

Trentar Plans ₹30,000 Crore Green Integrated Hyperscale Data Centre in Maharashtra

Trentar

Mumbai, Maharashtra | October 6, 2026 – Trentar, the technology and infrastructure arm of Dorf Ketal Group, plans to develop a 500 MW green integrated hyperscale data centre project in Maharashtra with a proposed investment of ₹30,000 crore ($3.3 billion). The company recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra for … Read more

India data centre capacity to reach 12 GW by 2030: Wood Mackenzie

India Data Center

Somewhere between a UPI payment cleared in Bengaluru and a chatbot query answered in Mumbai sits a server rack, humming inside a data centre that likely didn’t exist five years ago. Multiply that rack by thousands, spread it across six states, and you have the outline of what Wood Mackenzie now calls one of Asia-Pacific’s … Read more

MS Dhoni Invests in SolarSquare as Rooftop Solar Startup Raises $53 Million Series C Funding

Solar Square

Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni has invested in residential rooftop solar startup SolarSquare through his family office, Midas Deals, as part of the company’s recently announced $53 million Series C funding round. In addition to the investment, Dhoni has also been appointed as SolarSquare’s Brand Ambassador, strengthening the company’s efforts to accelerate the adoption … Read more

Can Google and Meta Really Claim ‘AI for Climate’ While Their Own Emissions Soar?

AI data Center

Google’s emissions are up 82% since 2019, Microsoft and Meta aren’t far behind, and Big Tech is now signing gas contracts to power AI. Here’s the global data — and what it means for India’s own AI-driven power demand. The Contradiction at the Heart of “AI for Climate” For years, the tech industry has pitched … Read more