Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back.
Tech companies are pouring billions into facilities that advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambition to host "the whole world's data."
Mumbai residents are protesting against Amazon's planned data centre, which they fear will strain local power and water supplies. The facility is part of Amazon's $21 billion investment in AI infrastructure across India by 2030. Similar concerns have emerged in other countries, with residents in Virginia and Amsterdam protesting against data centre projects.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the country to become the world's data powerhouse, but the push for AI data centres is colliding with resource scarcity and community concerns. Data centres use vast amounts of water and electricity, and 60% to 80% of Indian data centres could face high water stress this decade. In Mumbai, Amazon has defended the project, stating it will not burden public utilities, but residents remain skeptical.
Over 1,000 residents near the site have called for the project to be relocated, and the opposition is political, with opposition legislators promising to move the project if they regain power.
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