Google, AdaniConneX's data centres to use air cooling: How this project could transform Vizag into a global AI hub
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- ✓Google and AdaniConneX started building data centres in Visakhapatnam to boost India’s AI infrastructure.
- ✓The project, which saw a ground-breaking on 28 April, uses air cooling to save water.
- ✓Google plans a $15 billion investment for this hub.
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The campuses at Mudasarlova and Tarluvada are part of a proposed data centre development with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt, as Visakhapatnam seeks to emerge as a major hub for artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.
Unlike conventional data centres that use evaporative cooling systems and cooling towers, the proposed facilities will rely on air-based cooling technology, avoiding the large volumes of water typically consumed by such systems, PTI reported citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
However, there will still be some requirement for freshwater, and 80 per cent of this requirement will be used for landscape irrigation and flushing. No treated wastewater will be discharged into the Mudasarlova Reservoir, PTI reported citing sources.
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