Reuters(@Reuters):From the suburbs of Virginia to the outskirts of Amsterdam and Dublin, residents have increasingly rebelled against the spread of AI data centers, complaining of noise, surging electricity consumption, water stress and industrialization of residential neighborhoods. That resistance is gaining ground in India, where Amazon, Google and Microsoft are pouring billions into facilities that advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambition to host ‘the whole world's data,’ stretching from Maharashtra in the west to Andhra Pradesh in the south

Reuters

@Reuters

Top and breaking news, pictures and videos from Reuters. For breaking business news, follow @ReutersBiz. Our daily podcast is here:

参加 March 2007

1.2K フォロー中 26.4M ファン

Reuters@Reuters

2026.10.09 02:20

From the suburbs of Virginia to the outskirts of Amsterdam and Dublin, residents have increasingly rebelled against the spread of AI data centers, complaining of noise, surging electricity consumption, water stress and industrialization of residential neighborhoods. That resistance is gaining ground in India, where Amazon, Google and Microsoft are pouring billions into facilities that advance Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambition to host ‘the whole world's data,’ stretching from Maharashtra in the west to Andhra Pradesh in the south