Visakhapatnam civil society calls for moratorium on AI data centre approvals
The convention flags water, land and transparency concerns; adopts six-point declaration
The Visakhapatnam civil society, through the People’s Convention on AI Data Centres organised by the Society for Green Visakha, is calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale data centre approvals in Andhra Pradesh. The convention, attended by over 650 delegates, including activists, researchers, legal experts, and community leaders, demanded an independent, cumulative environmental and social impact study before any further approvals.
Raja Rama Mohan Roy, president of Green Visakha, emphasized the need for "environmental justice, social justice, and human dignity" in technological progress, questioning the allocation of resources to a proposed 6,500 MW Google data centre in a water-stressed city. The group also highlighted the displacement of tribal families and inadequate compensation as a human rights concern under Article 21 of the Constitution.
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