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- The expansion of India's semiconductor industry faces significant sustainability challenges, particularly regarding the high consumption of water and the use of hazardous chemicals like PFAS.
- Experts warn that attempting to retrofit facilities for better water recycling and waste management after they are operational is cost-prohibitive and technically difficult.
- Consequently, industry leaders and researchers are urging companies to prioritize water circularity and sustainable design from the start of the construction process.
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- Adoption rates of water recycling technologies in new Indian semiconductor fabrication plants.
- Industry-wide collaboration on developing alternatives to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
- Regulatory updates concerning water usage limits for semiconductor manufacturing facilities in India.
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Prateek Bhatt
Business Director at Ecolab
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“Right now we are in a hurry to probably start with the production and if we do not incorporate this during the design stage, it’s going to be even more technically and financially heavy to do those kind of retrofits”
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…of the manufacturing process. With semiconductor manufacturing requiring large volumes of ultra-pure water, energy and chemicals, the experts said sustainability cannot be treated as an add-on once production begins. “ Right now we are in a hurry to probably start with the production and if we do not incorporate this during the design stage, it’s going to be even more technically and financially heavy to do those kind of retrofits ,” said Prateek Bhatt, Business Director at Ecolab. water circularity Bhatt said water could become a major constraint on the expansion of India’s semiconductor industry. A single mega fab can consume around 10–15…
“The best way to do is to segregate the streams rather than blend them in the one place”
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…40–50 per cent, but the industry should aim for 80–95 per cent. He said technologies already exist to achieve higher levels of recycling, but they need to be incorporated into the design of individual facilities. “ The best way to do is to segregate the streams rather than blend them in the one place ,” he said, explaining that separating wastewater streams makes it easier to treat and recycle them. The need to plan for water management at the design stage is particularly important as semiconductor manufacturing…
Vaidya Bharadwaj
Vaidya Bharadwaj of Tokyo Electron
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“It’s an engineering problem that a single company or single country cannot solve. So it needs a lot of R&D. It needs time to solve”
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…Tokyo Electron said PFAS is used across semiconductor equipment and that while existing safety practices can address exposure within manufacturing facilities, the longer-term environmental challenge remains difficult. “ It’s an engineering problem that a single company or single country cannot solve. So it needs a lot of R&D. It needs time to solve ,” he said, adding that collaboration across the industry would be required to develop alternatives. Published on September 19, 2026…
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