Parliamentary report records govt testimony that demand could hit 4-5 GW in 5 years. Panel also asks about Chinese equipment risks, rooftop solar vulnerabilities and Edge centres.
Global media reports on AI Impact Summit in Delhi. Trump’s AI export plan, no takers for Pakistani cricket players & India’s initiative to improve urban infra also find coverage.
At Mumbai Climate Week, Stephen Byrd says AI boom likely to add 2-3 bt of carbon emissions while helping cut them, flags power shortages in West from AI growth & calls for smarter grids.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.
India will require a 6-fold increase in data centre capacity by 2029, involving investment of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Maharashtra, TN & UP are offering policies to tap into this opportunity.
The capital will be used to finance two data centers in the cities of Chennai and Noida, with an aggregate capacity of 67 megawatts (MW), the company said in a statement.
Speaking at opening day of Cisco India Summit 2023, Cisco India chief Daisy Chittilapilly said India is its second largest research and development centre outside the US.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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