Google faces backlash against India data centre

Handcuffs encircle Google’s logo on one campaign poster, while another warns that people “cannot drink data”, as opposition mounts to the tech giant’s planned AI mega-facility in India.

Excavators have swung into action, clearing forest and farmland on the southeast coast for the $15 billion construction of Google’s largest data centre outside the United States.

The project at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state, a port often called Vizag, is championed by India as a cornerstone of its technological ambitions.