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₹23,000 crore to keep the taps on: what Visakhapatnam’s data centre boom will cost in water storage
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A newly submitted proposal in Visakhapatnam outlines plans to significantly expand regional water storage infrastructure through reservoir developments. The initiative aims to support a burgeoning data centre boom by securing large volumes of water for facility operations. The projected cost for these substantial water management and supply upgrades is estimated at ₹23,000 crore.
WHY IT MATTERS
This initiative highlights the immense physical resource demands and infrastructure costs that rapid data centre expansion places on local municipal and water management systems.
A proposal to the Chief Minister seeks a 10-15 tmc ft expansion of the Yeleru reservoir and five balancing reservoirs of 5 tmc ft each on up to 12,500 acres, fed from the Polavaram Left Main Canal
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