Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built
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- Google plans a $15bn AI datacentre in Tarluvada, India, promising jobs and prosperity, but locals have turned suspicious.
- Concerns include environmental damage (heat, water, deforestation), lack of public consultation, and forced land acquisition with inadequate compensation.
- The project's energy demand may be 2.51GW, equivalent to 30% of Andhra Pradesh's power consumption, raising fears of increased fossil fuel use.
- Activists and villagers have filed legal challenges, alleging government obfuscation and suppression of dissent.
- Despite Google's claims of clean energy and local engagement, affected farmers say their livelihoods have been destroyed.