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Google Faces Backlash Against India Data Centre

Google says the project will create about 4,200 construction jobs and 188,000 direct and indirect jobs, while activists warn of water and environmental strain.

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Visakhapatnam – Handcuffs encircle Google’s logo on one campaign poster, while another warns that people “cannot drink data”, as opposition mounts to the tech giant’s planned AI mega-facility in India. Excavators have swung into action, clearing forest and farmland on the southeast coast for the $15 billion construction of Google’s largest data centre outside the United States. The project at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, a port often c…

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Protests against the construction of a large-scale artificial intelligence center by Google in Visakhapatnam, India, are intensifying. The posters of the dissatisfied have handcuffs around the company's logo and a warning that "data cannot be drunk," AFP reported. Excavators are already clearing forest lands and farmland along the southeastern coast of the country. The investment is worth $ 15 billion, and the center will be Google's largest out…

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rtl.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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