India's AI ambitions face a critical water challenge, with data centre expansion demanding significant resources. While on-site cooling has drawn public scrutiny, the larger water footprint stems from power generation. Experts have urged a pivot towards renewable energy integration and mandatory transparency from AI providers to ensure sustainable growth and balance environmental goals with escalating compute needs.

Beijing wants renewables to supply four-fifths of its AI data centres’ power by 2030. Forecasting and grid risk are getting in the way.

India's AI ambitions face a critical water challenge, with data centre expansion demanding significant resources. While on-site cooling has drawn public scrutiny, the larger water…

Ensuring reliable electricity for AI-focused data centres has become a strategic priority, underscored in China's 2026 government work report released earlier this year, which…