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India’s AI Boom Has a Cooling Problem Nobody’s Solved Yet — And It’s Not About Chips or Capital

July 16, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

Bengaluru: India’s data centre industry is racing to build AI-ready infrastructure worth billions of dollars, but a critical engineering challenge is rapidly emerging behind the scenes—how to efficiently cool next-generation AI servers without placing unsustainable pressure on the country’s electricity and water resources. As hyperscalers, cloud providers and enterprises accelerate investments in GPU-powered infrastructure, cooling … Read more

HCLTech Enters Full-Stack AI Market with ₹3,500 Crore Investment in AI Data Centres

July 14, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

Noida: HCLTech has announced its entry into the rapidly growing full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) market, backed by a planned investment of up to ₹3,500 crore to establish AI data centres in India. The company said the strategic investment will enable it to deliver end-to-end AI infrastructure, cloud, software, and managed services to enterprises and government … Read more

Dholera Wants to Be the World’s Biggest Data Centre City. Gujarat Just Bet ₹6 Lakh Crore That It Can Pull It Off.

July 10, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

Gujarat just did something no other Indian state has: it didn’t just announce incentives for data centres, it announced a city for them. On July 9, 2026, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, flanked by Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi and Science and Technology Minister Arjun Modhwadia, launched the Viksit Gujarat Data Center Policy 2026-29 at Gandhinagar’s Mahatma … Read more

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

July 10, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

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

India’s Data Centre Ambitions: What the Numbers Reveal About What the Country Still Needs

June 25, 2026 by Ruchi Kumar

India wants to be a global data centre superpower, and on paper, the numbers back that ambition. The country’s installed data centre capacity crossed roughly 1,700 MW by the end of 2025, up from just 950 MW in 2024, and cumulative investment commitments in the sector hit $126 billion by the close of the same … Read more