Karnataka government considering sustainable data centre policy: Priyank Kharge

IT/BT Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the state government is considering a “sustainable data centre policy” amid concerns over significant environmental costs associated with their water and energy consumption.

Responding to a question by Doddaballapur BJP MLA Dheeraj Muniraj during the Question Hour in the assembly, he said, “We have 32 private data centres functioning in the state. He (MLA) wants data centres from the government side. We already have a data centre policy, which is under review.” Calling the data centres as “necessary evil,” he said they are needed for AI, machine learning and emerging technologies.