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How Is India Building More Computer Centers? 🤔

India is adding many new data centres, which are big buildings full of computers.

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Key Points

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Data centre power grew to 1.57 gigawatts, enough for many homes.

Major centres are in Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad, and Bhubaneswar.

A plan called Semicon 2.0 will spend about 1.27 trillion rupees on chip making.

IndiaAI Mission will spend about 10.4 billion rupees to grow Artificial Intelligence.

New cooling methods like liquid cooling help save water and electricity.

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These centres let people use online services, pay bills, and get government help faster.

Power for the centres jumped from 375 megawatts in 2020 to 1.57 gigawatts by 2026.

The government also supports projects for chips, Artificial Intelligence, and energy‑saving cooling.

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infrastructure

the basic buildings and systems needed for a service

Artificial Intelligence

smart computer programs that can learn and make decisions

semiconductor

tiny material used to make computer chips

cloud computing

using powerful computers over the internet instead of on your own device

capacity

how much work something can do

renewable energy

energy that comes from natural sources like sun or wind and can be used again

cooling technologies

ways to keep computers from getting too hot

subsidised

made cheaper with help from the government

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