India’s AI data centres will add 26.3 GW to power demand by 2031-32, driving a 33% rise in peak demand. The government invests Rs 9 lakh crore in transmission to integrate renewables and modern grid tech.

Artificial intelligence data centres will add an extra 26.3 gigawatts (GW) to India’s power demand by 2031-32, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The number is a useful marker of how much the country’s power needs are changing, and why the grid connecting power plants to homes and factories will need to expand alongside generation capacity.... 

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