Centre To Roll Out Data Centre Policy Amid Power Cost Concerns

by · Inc42

SUMMARY

  • MoS for IT Jitin Prasada said the Centre is preparing a data centre policy but did not disclose its scope or rollout timeline.
  • The government wants to prevent growing electricity demand from data centres from pushing up consumers’ power bills.
  • The announcement follows protests against Amazon’s and Google’s projects over concerns about electricity and water use, land, and noise pollution.