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Power grid bottlenecks threaten India’s $250 billion data centre boom

Power grid bottlenecks threaten India’s 0 billion data centre boom

Power grid bottlenecks threaten India’s $250 billion data centre boom


A senior official at Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco), who also requested anonymity, said that apart from a power infrastructure shortage, Chennai, which is India’s second-largest data centre hub, faces a second major challenge. “Existing data centres are accommodated, but expanding capacity takes years as land for new substations is scarce,” the official said.