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"India is aggressively courting U.S. big tech to set up data centers in the country. But this push is colliding with a very different reality on the ground.In February, the Indian government announced a 20-year tax holiday for foreign cloud service companies using India-based data centers to serve global customers. The move is aimed at positioning India as a global hub for artificial intelligence infrastructure, and encouraging companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to boost their commitments.However, their existing data center projects in the country are running into roadblocks.Google and Microsoft are both facing pushback from farmers against their data centers under construction in India. Farmers have said they are being pressured to give up land even as protests continue. Local activists warn that the same policies driving investment are also limiting farmers’ ability to resist."https://restofworld.org/2026/india-data-center-tax-holiday-farmer-protests-ai/ #India #DataCenters #BigTech

@grrlscientist Food Banks?

@cartoonmovement Been thinking about this lately. Especially as I remind myself of Posteo's arguments that cloud storage on the level of terabytes is not environmentally sustainable.I suppose that's a win for stuff like SyncThing?

@thejapantimes they need batteries, but maybe we don't need ai so much, and it seems Usa next target will be Europe, not China

Remember when a “legitimate argument” peddled against #EVs was the power grid would fail? Too much strain? Oh WOE be to the power lines! Grandma will DIE in her home in August because YOU plugged in!Yet suddenly we are full steam ahead building #datacenters the size of Manhattan to make banana pics. #AI #slop. And the electric demand will be colossal and constant.Society and the world needs to stop being fooled and corralled by interests that don’t care about you. #politics #environment