Visakhapatnam, India, Oct 11, 2026 (AFP) - Google faces backlash against India data centre

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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 c......

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