$300 billion AI bet: Can India power its data centre boom?
- Posted on March 3, 2026
- By Financial Express
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$300 billion AI bet: Can India power its data centre boom?

As corporate net-zero commitments converge with AI expansion, the next phase of India’s digital infrastructure story will hinge less on capital inflows and more on how effectively the country can power, cool and integrate a rapidly expanding fleet of energy-intensive facilities -- without triggering a parallel resource crisis.