IT Ministry to prepare roadmap for power supply to AI data centres

The IT ministry is in discussions with the ministries of power, and new and renewable energy, and other related agencies to prepare a roadmap to ensure that the growing numbers of data centres in India – a function of the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom – are offered enough power supply, a top government official said Monday.

“Today, the biggest question is the availability of power… As we adopt AI more and more, (the question is) do we have enough power supply to power that – otherwise, where do you make sure that this power supply comes up in a way that we are able to address this issue,” said IT Secretary S Krishnan.