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AirTrunk Pours $11B Into Andhra. Water Evaporates.
The Take
AirTrunk seeks $11 billion for two data centre campuses in Andhra Pradesh. Blackstone backs the bet. Cooling towers in these facilities drink millions of litres daily. Andhra already faces a water test. The proposal lists 1.03 lakh crore rupees and exactly zero litres of water. The cloud runs on servers. Servers run on water.
The Wire
Per NewsBytes, Livemint, and Business Today, Blackstone-backed AirTrunk seeks $11 billion (₹1.03 lakh crore) to build two data centre campuses in Andhra Pradesh. Per urbanacres.in, the massive data centre proposal now faces a critical water test, as the cooling infrastructure for such facilities demands significant water resources in a region already grappling with water stress.
The receipts
Source: NewsBytes