{
  "id": 2319996,
  "title": "Data centres in Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Why did the Admin express interest and withdrew it later",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/data-centres-in-andaman-nicobar-islands-why-did-the-admin-express",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T06:35:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andaman-and-nicobar-islands/andaman-nicobar-admin-issues-call-for-interest-for-data-centre-exploration-withdraws-it-days-later-explained/article71372364.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration initially expressed interest in inviting private-sector-led green AI data centre feasibility proposals near Little Andaman and Great Nicobar Island. The administration cited opportunities for renewable energy-powered data centre operations and innovative cooling systems, such as seawater-based solutions. The call for proposals sought input from reputed hyperscalers, cloud service providers, AI infrastructure companies, and marine-engineering entities. However, the administration later withdrew the Expression of Interest document citing \"administrative reasons\" four days after its publication on August 10.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}