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Key Points

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Data centre power rose to 1.57 GW, a more than four‑fold increase since 2020.

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Four major National Data Centres support government digital services.

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Semicon 2.0 allocates about ₹1.27 trillion for a domestic semiconductor ecosystem.

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IndiaAI Mission provides roughly ₹10.4 billion for Artificial Intelligence development.

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AirTrunk plans to invest around ₹300 billion to add 5 GW of data centre capacity.

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Cooling technologies such as liquid and adiabatic cooling improve energy efficiency.

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Summary

National Data Centres have been set up in Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar to support e‑Governance and digital services.

The government’s Semicon 2.0 programme and the IndiaAI Mission allocate large budgets to develop semiconductor and Artificial Intelligence ecosystems.

Investments such as the proposed 5 GW expansion by AirTrunk aim to strengthen cloud computing and create jobs.

Energy‑efficient cooling and renewable‑energy use are emphasized to make the growth environmentally responsible.

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New Words to Learn

10 words
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
ecosystem
a group of related things that work together
e‑Governance
using electronic systems to deliver government services
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