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The path of Cyclone Arnab went through India's plans for data centers and future growth
The storm killed 3 people and damaged homes and cropland, while raising new concerns over $15 billion in planned data-center investment.
- On Wednesday, Cyclone Arnab battered parts of eastern Andhra Pradesh, killing three people, damaging homes and infrastructure, and inundating roughly 200,000 acres of cropland, according to authorities.
- Unusually high temperatures across the Bay of Bengal helped fuel the storm, as meteorologists note that warming from human-caused climate change can amplify rainfall intensity.
- A 2025 assessment by climate-risk analytics firm XDI projected more than 1 in 10 Indian data centers face high climate risks by 2050, threatening Visakhapatnam where Google, Adani, and Airtel plan investments.
- Anjal Prakash, a public policy professor at Flame University, noted that extreme weather disrupts electricity and logistics, with indirect costs often overlooked as governments face reconstruction bills squeezing investment in schools and healthcare.
- India and its South Asian neighbors plan to seek predictable, grant-based adaptation finance at upcoming global climate talks in Turkey, as Prakash emphasized that "climate finance must reach the frontline communities before losses become irreversible.
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Cyclone Arnab's path cuts through India's data centers, growth plans
A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India's coastline that's dense with billions of dollars of investment in data centers, underscoring the threats to infrastructure as extreme weather becomes more frequent.
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