India forecasts 26.3 GW data centre load by 2032

…Rather than meeting the emerging peak simply by adding generation capacity, experts want data centres to become more flexible power consumers as renewable generation expands. TURNING AI’S POWER HUNGER INTO A GRID TOOL “ Data centres have significant potential to provide demand-response services to the electricity grid, particularly as the share of renewable energy increases and demand becomes more variable ,” Vishal Tripathi, consultant at the Council on Energy, Environment & Water, said at a Policy Consensus Centre webinar. “Instead of building additional generation capacity simply to meet peak demand, demand response…

…states to create integrated district- and cluster-level resource maps covering power, water, land, fibre, roads and other infrastructure, rather than keeping such information fragmented across government departments. “ We need comprehensive information integrated at the cluster and district level in the form of resource maps ,’” said Sudipto Banerjee, Deputy Director, Public Policy, at NASSCOM. He said the maps should be matched with a database tracking data-centre projects from announcement to commissioning, allowing investors, operators…